USS Elrod (FFG-55)
_120421-A-OO955-138.jpg) The USS Elrod (FFG-55) in the Caribbean Sea |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | May 22, 1981 |
| Keel laying | November 21, 1983 |
| Launch | May 12, 1984 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | May 18, 1985 |
| Decommissioning | January 30, 2015 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
4166 tons |
| length |
138.1 meters |
| width |
13.5 meters |
| Draft |
7.5 meters |
| crew |
19 officers, 200 sailors, 6 pilots, 15 maintenance technicians |
| drive |
2 × General Electric LM2500-30 41,000 shp (31 MW) gas turbines on one shaft with adjustable screw |
| speed |
29+ knots (54 km / h; 33 mph) |
| Armament |
1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm / L62 ship gun, |
The USS Elrod (FFG-55) is a guided-arm frigate of the United States Navy and belongs to the Oliver Hazard Perry class . She is the 45th ship in the class. The ship is to be sold to Taiwan.
technology
The Elrod is counted among the so-called long-hull , i.e. that is, it is about 138 meters long and 13 meters wide. She has a draft of 7 meters. Around 240 people work on the ship, including around 219 crew members and 21 members of the helicopter crews (six pilots, 15 maintenance personnel).
The USS Elrod , like all ships of the Perry class, was initially designed primarily as an escort ship for defense against air and sea targets. For this purpose, she was equipped with an MK13 launcher for SM1 missiles for anti-aircraft missiles and Harpoon missiles for combating sea targets, which, however, was removed at the beginning of the 21st century.
The Elrod still has a single 76 mm gun and two torpedo tubes that can be used against submarines for anti- naval targeting . In addition, the ship has a CIWS for defense against approaching anti-ship missiles . In addition, there are two SH-60 Seahawk helicopters on the USS Elrod , which are suitable for combating surface targets and submarines and which can be equipped with Penguin anti-ship missiles and torpedoes .
Name and insignia
The ship was named after Henry T. Elrod (1905–1941). Elrod was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for defending Wake in World War II .
The coat of arms of the Elrod consists of a shield with helmet decoration, framed with the name and the identification of the ship. The motto of the frigate “War ready to preserve peace” is under the sign.
history
construction
The USS Elrod was ordered in 1981. In November 1983, she was on set Kiel and after about six months of construction at Bath Iron Works , from the pile left. The frigate was delivered on May 10, 1985, and put into service eight days later. The ship is currently stationed in Norfolk .
Calls
The Elrod spent the first two years testing and stopping drug smuggling with the United States Coast Guard . In May and August 1987 she took part in the FLEETEX exercise. In September, the Elrod headed for the Persian Gulf to support Operation Earnest Will . After stays in Djibouti , Genoa , Toulon and Rota , they reached Charleston again in March 1988 . She continued to spend the year testing and visiting ports, including a. in Liverpool . In 1889 she spent much of her time in the Persian Gulf.
The USS Elrod spent the beginning of the new decade with exercises, tests and trips off the coast of the USA . In May and June 1991, the ship took part in the war on drugs . For the third time in her service, the Elrod left port in September to join the combat group of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) and move to the Persian Gulf.
In February 1992 the frigate left the Arabian Gulf and sailed into the North Sea off Norway to take part in exercise TEAMWORK 92 . In April she arrived back in the USA. In the second half of 1993, the ship moved to the Mediterranean , where they made stops in Italy , Greece and Spain . In 1994 the Elrod spent in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea .
In 1995 the frigate was overhauled and then moved to the Arabian Gulf in September with the cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG-69) . The team spent Christmas and New Year's in Dubai. On March 19, 1996, the ship re-docked in her home port, Norfolk . The rest of the year the Elrod cruised off the east coast of the USA.
On August 18, 1997, she ran for the fifth time in her service in the Persian Gulf. Port stops were made in Dubai and Bahrain . It reached the United States again in late January 1998. In 1999 they went to the Mediterranean. After almost six months u. a. in Greece, Turkey , Israel and Spain, FFG-55 returned to Norfolk in November.
The new century began quietly for the ship and for the crew, they cruised off the coast of the USA and stopped in some cities (including Canada). In September 2001, the USS Elrod moved with the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) to the Mediterranean and became a member of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 . The crew later supported Operation Direct Endeavor and Operation Enduring Freedom .
In November 2003 the frigate sank the ship USS Yosemite as part of a SINKEX . For the fourth time in her service, the Elrod moved to the Mediterranean in May 2004 . There she took part in Operation Direct Endeavor for the second time. She also protected the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . In September the team reached Norfolk again.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Section refers to fas.org
- ↑ rides 1987 navy.mil. (PDF; 233 kB) Retrieved July 3, 2012 . (closely.)
- ↑ rides 1991 navy.mil. (PDF; 88 kB) Accessed July 4, 2012 . (closely.)
- ↑ rides 1992 navy.mil. (PDF; 144 kB) Accessed July 4, 2012 . (closely.)
- ↑ 1995 on navy.mil. (PDF; 237 kB) Accessed July 4, 2012 . (closely.)
- ↑ Rides 1999 on navy.mil. (PDF; 125 kB) Accessed July 4, 2012 . (closely.)
- ↑ 2001 trips on navy.mil. (PDF; 93 kB) Accessed July 4, 2012 . (closely.)
- ↑ Journeys in 2004 on navy.mil. (PDF; 115 kB) Accessed July 4, 2012 . (closely.)