USS Elrod FFG-55

Type:
Guided Missile Frigate
Class:
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview)
Builder:
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Hull Number:
FFG-55
Ordered:
May 22, 1981
Commissioned:
May 18, 1985
Keel Laid:
November 21, 1983
Decommissioned:
Launched:
May 12, 1984
Stricken:
Fate:
Active Atlantic Fleet
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia


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:
3,121 std. / 4,031 full
SHP:
41,000
Speed:
29 knots
Crew:
Aprox. 220
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of Medal of Honor winner Major Henry T. Elrod USMC (1905-1941).


Builder's Data
Page revised Feb. 5, 2007