USS Crommelin FFG-37

Type:
Guided Missile Frigate

Class
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview)
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
Seattle, Washington
Hull Number:
FFG-37
Ordered:
April 27, 1979
Commissioned:
June 18, 1983
Keel Laid:
May 30, 1980
Decommissioned:
Launched:
July 2, 1981
Stricken:
Fate:
Active Pacific Fleet Naval Reserve Force
Homeport: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
453'
Engines:
2 General Electric LM 2500 Gas Turbines
Beam:
47'
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
17' (26' sonar)
Shafts:
1
Displacement:
3,181 std. / 4,089 full
SHP:
41,000
Speed:
29 knots
Crew:
Aprox. 220
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots




Notes:

Named in honor of the Crommelin Brothers the only five siblings ever to
graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy.

Vice Admiral Henry Crommelin USN (1904-1971)
Rear Admiral John G. Crommelin III USN (1902-1996)
Captain Quentin C. Crommelin USN (1918-1997)
Commander Charles L. Crommelin USN (1909-1945)
Lt. Commander Richard G. Crommelin USN (1917-1945)



Builder's Data
Page revised Feb. 2, 2007