Carr FFG-52

NameCarr FFG-52
CategoryMilitary ships - War ships - Surface ships
Call signNCAR
FlagUnited States
Year of built1983
Place of builtUnited States
Length, m138.00
Width, m14.00
Draught, m6.70
Home portNorfolk
ShipbuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Main engine typeGeneral Electric LM2500-30
Main engine power, h.p.41,000
Speed, kts29.0
OwnerUS Navy
OperatorUS Navy
StatusScrapped

Class and type Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

Displacement 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load

Propulsion

2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller

2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.

Range 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)

Complement 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers

Sensors and processing systems

AN/SPS-49 air-search radar

AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar

CAS and STIR fire-control radar

AN/SQS-56 sonar.

Electronic warfare & decoys AN/SLQ-32

Armament

As built:

1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun

2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes

1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS

4 × .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.

1 × Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)

Note: As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.

Aircraft carried 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters

Aviation facilities

2 × hangars

RAST helicopter hauldown system

  • Carr FFG-52

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    Carr FFG-52 is alongside in her home naval base in Norfolk. As seen from MOL Ingenuity.
    May 22nd, 2022
    June 24th, 2005
    Tsarik Ruslan - ReX
    Norfolk, USA
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