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'''USS ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' (FFG-7)''', [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|2}} 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]]. They were originally intended as austere 'low' ( compared with the high capability Spruance class) for GP and AA convoy escort. They were built under a cloud of controversy, with |
'''USS ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' (FFG-7)''', [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|2}} 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]]. They were originally intended as austere 'low' category frigates ( compared with the high capability Spruance class) for GP and AA convoy escort. They were built under a cloud of controversy, with their very light gun armament, lack of redundancy and duplicated systems in event of ship being hit,and 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 in the 21C as low grade patrol ships making up the numbers in a USN desperately short of escorts. Ordered from [[Bath Iron Works]] on 30 October 1973 as part of the FY73 program, ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was laid down on 12 June 1975, launched on 25 September 1976, and commissioned on 17 December 1977. 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. Decommissioned on 20 February 1997, in Mayport, FL under the last Commanding Officer, CDR Robert F. Holman, USNR. Stricken on 3 May 1999, ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' was scrapped in December 2005 in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. |
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''Oliver Hazard Perry'' (FFG-7) was the first ship of that name in the [[U.S. Navy]]. |
''Oliver Hazard Perry'' (FFG-7) was the first ship of that name in the [[U.S. Navy]]. |
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Revision as of 01:01, 3 December 2014
 USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) underway during a Great Lakes cruise.
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| 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 | NS Mayport, Florida (former) |
| Motto | Don't Give Up the Ship |
| Nickname(s) | Gallant Leader, Old Hockey Puck |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
| Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
| Length | 445 ft (136 m) overall |
| Beam | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Draught | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
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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-2 detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
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| 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) |
USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7), lead ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate of guided-missile frigates, was named for Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval hero, who was victorious at the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. They were originally intended as austere 'low' category frigates ( compared with the high capability Spruance class) for GP and AA convoy escort. They were built under a cloud of controversy, with their very light gun armament, lack of redundancy and duplicated systems in event of ship being hit,and 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 in the 21C as low grade patrol ships making up the numbers in a USN desperately short of escorts. Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 30 October 1973 as part of the FY73 program, Oliver Hazard Perry was laid down on 12 June 1975, launched on 25 September 1976, and commissioned on 17 December 1977. 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. Decommissioned on 20 February 1997, in Mayport, FL under the last Commanding Officer, CDR Robert F. Holman, USNR. Stricken on 3 May 1999, Oliver Hazard Perry was scrapped in December 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy.
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.[1]
References
- ^ All Star Party for John Wayne (1976)- Charles Bronson honors John Wayne!, YouTube (beginning 42 seconds into the clip)
External links
- Photos of USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG 7)
- MaritimeQuest USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7 pages
- NVR FFG-7
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