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	USS Oliver Hazard Perry underway during a Great Lakes cruise, 24 August 1979.
History
United States
Name	Oliver Hazard Perry
Namesake	Oliver Hazard Perry
Ordered	10 March 1973
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	12 June 1975
Launched	25 September 1976
Commissioned	17 December 1977
Decommissioned	20 February 1997
Stricken	3 May 1999
Homeport	Mayport (former)
Identification	Code letters:NOHP; ; Hull number: FFG-7;
Motto	"Don't Give Up the Ship"
Nickname(s)	Gallant Leader; Old Hockey Puck;
Honors and; awards	See Awards
Fate	Scrapped, 9 September 2005
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General characteristics
Class and type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length	445 feet (136 m), overall
Beam	45 feet (14 m)
Draught	22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller; 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.;
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-2 detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar; AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar; CAS and STIR fire-control radar; AN/SQS-56 sonar.;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	As built:; 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes; 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; 4 × .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.; 1 × Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine); Note: As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class. Note: Unlike other Perry-class frigates, USS Oliver Hazard Perry was not equipped with a Vulcan Phalanx CIWS when built.;
Aircraft carried	1; SH-2 Seasprite helicopter (ship was to have capability for two helicopters, but never carried more than one due to flight deck and hangar size limitations)
Aviation facilities	Hangar Bay, Helicopter Pad

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USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the lead ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates. She was named for Oliver Hazard Perry, an American naval hero who was victorious at the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the first ship and, as of 2019, the only ship of the U.S. Navy to bear the name (although there were five previous US Navy ships named for Oliver Hazard Perry – four named USS Perry and one named USS Commodore Perry). Oliver Hazard Perry was in service from 1977 to 1997 and was scrapped in 2005.

The class was originally intended as austere "low" category guided missile frigates (compared with the high capability Spruance class) for General Purpose and Anti-Air convoy escort. They were built under a cloud of controversy, with their very light gun armament and lack of redundancy and duplicated systems in event of ship being hit. They were regarded by the Reagan administration and Secretary John Lehman as not part of the 500 ship navy plan, but ultimately proved useful as anti-submarine ships if fitted to carry Seahawks and towed arrays and into the 21st Century as low grade patrol ships making up the numbers in a USN desperately short of escorts.

Construction and career

Oliver Hazard Perry was ordered from Bath Iron Works on 30 October 1973 as part of the FY73 program, and was laid down on 12 June 1975, launched on 25 September 1976, and commissioned on 17 December 1977.^[1] She was ordered as PFG-109 but was redesignated as FFG-7 in the 1975 fleet designation realignment on 1 June 1975, before she was laid down.

Launch incident

During her launch ceremony on 25 September 1976, the ship found herself briefly stuck on the slip-way. Film star John Wayne appeared from the crowd of watching dignitaries, climbed the launch ceremony platform, and gave the bow of the frigate – which was by this time starting to move slightly – a shove with one hand, and so John Wayne famously appeared to have 'pushed' a US warship down her slip-way.^[2]

Shock Trial Testing

Oliver Hazard Perry was one of the few lead ships to be subjected to shock trials. These series of trials conducted early in the life of the ship put this steel hull / aluminum superstructure to the test. The proximity of the tests (seen in associated pictures), caused many of the machine mounts and components to become warped or damaged. This damage created alignment problems for the engineering and combat systems teams in the years to come. The ship regularly required waivers on machine performance due to the warping of many mounting brackets. The shock tests also created cracks in the aluminum superstructure that required frequent repairs. However, this did not affect the overall readiness of the ship, nor did it prevent Oliver Hazard Perry from achieving the record for the most-ever hours put on the GE LM2500 Main Propulsion engine.^[3]

Fate

After 19.2 years of active service, Oliver Hazard Perry was decommissioned on 20 February 1997,^[1] in Mayport, FL. Though she was stricken on 3 May 1999, Oliver Hazard Perry was held in the museum donation category at the former Navy shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group had hoped to bring her to Toledo, Ohio as a museum ship and a memorial for the Battle of Lake Erie. The group was unable submit a viable financial plan together in time so the Perry was sold for scrap in December 2005.

Awards

Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Navy E Ribbon
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (multiple)
Special Operations Service Ribbon Star (1 battle star)

Gallery

Aft view of Oliver Hazard Perry in 1976
Oliver Hazard Perry underway in late 1977

References

^ ^a ^b "Oliver Hazard Perry". nvr.navy.mil.
^ All Star Party for John Wayne (1976)- Charles Bronson honors John Wayne!, YouTube (beginning 42 seconds into the clip)
^ US Navy OPPE Results, 1984 to 1989, US Navy archives

External links

Photos of USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG 7)
MaritimeQuest USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7 pages
NVR FFG-7
Photo gallery of USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) at NavSource Naval History

[NVR-1] "Oliver Hazard Perry". nvr.navy.mil.

[2] All Star Party for John Wayne (1976)- Charles Bronson honors John Wayne!, YouTube (beginning 42 seconds into the clip)

[3] US Navy OPPE Results, 1984 to 1989, US Navy archives

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-*[[Image:AFEMRib.png|40px]] [[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]]
-*[[Image:Special Operations Service Ribbon.svg|40px]] [[Special Operations Service Ribbon|CG Special Operations Service Ribbon]] w/ 1 [[Service star|Star]]
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-'''USS ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' (FFG-7)''', [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass-|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} of guided-missile [[frigate]]s, was named for [[Oliver Hazard Perry]], [[United States Navy|American naval]] hero, who was victorious at the 1813 [[Battle of Lake Erie]]. ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' (FFG-7) was the first ship and, as of 2015, the only ship of that name in the [[U.S. Navy]]. ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was in service from 1977 to 1997 and was scrapped in 2005.
+'''USS ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' (FFG-7)''' was the [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} of guided-missile [[frigate]]s. She was named for [[Oliver Hazard Perry]], an [[United States Navy|American naval]] hero who was victorious at the 1813 [[Battle of Lake Erie]]. ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' (FFG-7) was the first ship and, as of 2019, the only ship of the [[U.S. Navy]] to bear the name (although there were five previous US Navy ships named for Oliver Hazard Perry – four named [[USS Perry]] and one named [[USS Commodore Perry]]). ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was in service from 1977 to 1997 and was scrapped in 2005.
-The class was originally intended as austere 'low' category guided missile frigates (compared with the high capability {{sclass-|Spruance|destroyer|4}}) for General Purpose and Anti-Air convoy escort. They were built under a cloud of controversy, with their very light gun armament and lack of redundancy and duplicated systems in event of ship being hit. They were regarded by the Reagan administration and Secretary [[John Lehman]] as not part of the 500 ship navy plan, but ultimately proved useful as anti-submarine ships if fitted to carry [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|Seahawks]] and towed arrays and in the 21C as low grade patrol ships making up the numbers in a USN desperately short of escorts.
+The class was originally intended as austere "low" category guided missile frigates (compared with the high capability {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer|4}}) for General Purpose and Anti-Air convoy escort. They were built under a cloud of controversy, with their very light gun armament and lack of redundancy and duplicated systems in event of ship being hit. They were regarded by the Reagan administration and Secretary [[John Lehman]] as not part of the 500 ship navy plan, but ultimately proved useful as anti-submarine ships if fitted to carry [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|Seahawks]] and towed arrays and into the 21st Century as low grade patrol ships making up the numbers in a USN desperately short of escorts.
-== History ==
+== Construction and career ==
-''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was ordered from [[Bath Iron Works]] on 30 October 1973 as part of the FY73 program, and was laid down on 12 June 1975, launched on 25 September 1976, and commissioned on 17 December 1977.<ref name=NVR />  She was ordered as '''PFG-109''' but was redesignated as '''FFG-7''' in the 1975 fleet designation realignment on 1 June 1975, before she was laid down.
+''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was ordered from [[Bath Iron Works]] on 30 October 1973 as part of the FY73 program, and was laid down on 12 June 1975, launched on 25 September 1976, and commissioned on 17 December 1977.<ref name=NVR /> She was ordered as '''PFG-109''' but was redesignated as '''FFG-7''' in the 1975 fleet designation realignment on 1 June 1975, before she was laid down.
 === Launch incident ===
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 === Shock Trial Testing ===
-''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was one of the few lead ships to be subjected to shock trials. These series of trials conducted early in the life of the ship put this steel hull / aluminum superstructure to the test. The proximity of the tests (seen in associated pictures), caused many of the machine mounts and components to become warped or damaged. This damage created alignment problems for the engineering and combat systems teams in the years to come. The ship regularly required waivers on machine performance due to the warping of many mounting brackets.  However, this did not affect the overall readiness of the ship, nor did it prevent ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' from achieving the record for the most-ever hours put on the GE LM2500 Main Propulsion engine.<ref>US Navy OPPE Results, 1984 to 1989, US Navy archives</ref>
+''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was one of the few lead ships to be subjected to shock trials. These series of trials conducted early in the life of the ship put this steel hull / aluminum superstructure to the test. The proximity of the tests (seen in associated pictures), caused many of the machine mounts and components to become warped or damaged. This damage created alignment problems for the engineering and combat systems teams in the years to come. The ship regularly required waivers on machine performance due to the warping of many mounting brackets.  The shock tests also created cracks in the aluminum superstructure that required frequent repairs.  However, this did not affect the overall readiness of the ship, nor did it prevent ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' from achieving the record for the most-ever hours put on the GE LM2500 Main Propulsion engine.<ref>US Navy OPPE Results, 1984 to 1989, US Navy archives</ref>
 === Fate ===
-After 19.2 years of active service, ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was decommissioned on 20 February 1997,<ref name=NVR>{{cite web |url={{NVR url|id=FFG7}} |title= Oliver Hazard Perry |website=nvr.navy.mil }}</ref> in Mayport, FL under the last Commanding Officer, CDR Robert F. Holman, USNR.  Though she was stricken on 3 May 1999, ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was held in the museum donation category at the former Navy shipyard in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. A group had hoped to bring her to [[Toledo, Ohio]] and display her as a museum ship and a remembrance for the [[Battle of Lake Erie]].  The group could not get a financial plan together in time, and so ''Perry'' was sold for scrap in December 2005.
+After 19.2 years of active service, ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was decommissioned on 20 February 1997,<ref name=NVR>{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG7}} |title= Oliver Hazard Perry |website=nvr.navy.mil }}</ref> in Mayport, FL.  Though she was stricken on 3 May 1999, ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was held in the museum donation category at the former Navy shipyard in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. A group had hoped to bring her to [[Toledo, Ohio]] as a museum ship and a memorial for the [[Battle of Lake Erie]].  The group was unable submit a viable financial plan together in time so the ''Perry'' was sold for scrap in December 2005.
-==Commanders==
+== Awards ==
+*Navy [[Meritorious Unit Commendation]]
+*[[Navy E Ribbon]]
+*[[National Defense Service Medal]]
+*[[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]]
+*[[Sea Service Deployment Ribbon]] (multiple)
+*[[Special Operations Service Ribbon]] [[Service star|Star]] (1 [[Battle Star|battle star]])
+== Gallery ==
-*[[Commander (United States)|Cmdr.]] Steven James Duich (17 Dec. 1977 - 19 Dec. 1979)
+<gallery mode="packed" widths=180>
-*Cmdr. Howard Sanford Stoddard (19 Dec. 1979 - 28 Oct. 1981)
+File:USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) aft view in 1976.jpg|Aft view of ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' in 1976
-*Cmdr. Richard F. Beal (28 Oct. 1981 - 20 Jan. 1984)
+File:USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) underway in late 1977.jpg|''Oliver Hazard Perry'' underway in late 1977
-*Cmdr. John F. Brunelli (20 Jan. 1984 - 21 Mar. 1986)
+</gallery>
-*Cmdr. Roger S. Cooper (21 Mar. 1986 - 10 Jun. 1988)
-*Cmdr. Terry Dean Schechinger (10 Jun. 1988 - 05 Jul. 1990)
-*Cmdr. Richard Patrick Lee (05 Jul. 1990- 22 Jul. 1992)
-*Cmdr. Robert Alan Bullock (22 Jul. 1992 - 12 Apr. 1994)
-*Cmdr. Ricky Lowell Carper (12 Apr. 1994 - 24 Feb. 1996)
-*Cmdr. Robert Francis Holman (24 Feb. 1996 - 20 Dec. 1997)
 == References ==
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 *[http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg7.shtml Photos of USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG 7)]
 *[http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/oliver_hazard_perry_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7 pages]
-*{{NVR url|id=FFG7|title=NVR FFG-7}}
+*{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG7|title=NVR FFG-7}}
 *{{navsource|07/0707|USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)}}
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 [[Category:Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates of the United States Navy]]
 [[Category:Ships built in Bath, Maine]]
+[[Category:Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States]]