USS Ford FFG-54

Type:
Guided Missile Frigate
Class:
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview)
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp.
San Pedro, California
Hull Number:
FFG-54
Ordered:
May 22, 1981
Commissioned:
June 29, 1985
Keel Laid:
July 11, 1983
Decommissioned:
Launched:
June 23, 1984
Stricken:
Fate:
Active Pacific Fleet
Homeport: Everett, Washington


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:
3,199 std. / 4,108 full
SHP:
41,000
Speed:
29 knots
Crew:
Aprox. 220
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of GM/2C Patrick Osborne Ford USN (1942-1968).
Christened by Jonda McFarlane.


Builder's Data
Page revised Feb. 7, 2007