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Name | Ford |
Namesake | Gunner's Mate Patrick O. Ford |
Awarded | 22 May 1981 |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 11 July 1983 |
Launched | 23 June 1984 |
Sponsored by | Jonda McFarlane |
Commissioned | 29 June 1985 |
Decommissioned | 31 October 2013 |
Homeport | Naval Station Everett, Washington |
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Motto | Tenacious |
Fate | Sunk as target, 1 October 2019 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate |
Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
Length | 453 feet (138 m), overall |
Beam | 45 feet (14 m) |
Draft | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
Complement | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60B LAMPS Mk III helicopters |
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USS Ford (FFG-54) was a Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in service with the United States Navy from 1985 to 2013. She was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean near Guam in 2019.
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