USS Simpson FFG-56 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine |
Hull Number: |
FFG-56 |
Ordered: |
March 22, 1982 |
Commissioned: |
September 20, 1985 |
Keel Laid: |
February 27, 1984 |
Decommissioned: |
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Launched: |
August 31, 1984 |
Stricken: |
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Fate: |
Active Atlantic Fleet Naval Reserve Force
Homeport: Mayport, Florida |
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: |
3,120 std. / 4,029 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
Rear Admiral Rodger W. Simpson
USN. |
Christened by
Mrs. Grace Fowles-Simpson. |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Apr. 17, 2007 |