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USS Lewis B. Puller FFG-23 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. San Pedro, California |
Hull Number: |
FFG-23 (USA) F-906 (Egypt) |
Ordered: |
February 28, 1977 |
Commissioned: |
April 17, 1982 |
Keel Laid: |
May 23, 1979 |
Decommissioned: |
September 18, 1998 |
Launched: |
March 15, 1980 |
Stricken: |
September 18, 1998 |
Fate: |
Transferred to Egypt September 18, 1998 and renamed Touska F-906
Still active. |
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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: |
3,081 std. / 3,963 full |
SHP: |
41,000 |
Speed: |
29 knots |
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Crew: |
Aprox. 220 |
Range: |
4,500 NM @ 20 knots |
Notes: |
Named in honor of Lt. General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller USMC (1898-1971). |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Feb. 12, 2007 |