USS Carr FFG-52

Type:
Guided Missile Frigate
Class:
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview)
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Seattle, Washington
Hull Number:
FFG-52
Ordered:
May 22, 1981
Commissioned:
July 27, 1985
Keel Laid:
March 26, 1982
Decommissioned:
Launched:
February 26, 1983
Stricken:
Fate:
Active US Atlantic Fleet
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
445'
Engines:
2 General Electric LM 2500 Gas Turbines
Beam:
47'
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
16' (25' sonar)
Shafts:
1
Displacement:
3,167 std. / 4,075 full
SHP:
41,000
Speed:
29 knots
Crew:
Aprox. 220
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots




Notes
Named in honor of GM 3/C Paul Henry Carr USNR (1924-1944).
Christened by Mrs. Goldie Carr Bensilhe.


Builder's Data
Page revised Feb. 2, 2007