RBNS Sabha transits the Persian Gulf on 16 January 2018
History
United States
Name
USS Jack Williams (FFG-24)
Namesake
Jack Williams
Ordered
28 February 1977
Builder
Bath Iron Works
Laid down
25 February 1980
Launched
30 August 1980
Commissioned
19 September 1981
Decommissioned
13 September 1996
Fate
Transferred to Bahrain on
13 September 1996
Bahrain
Name
RBNS Sabha (90)
(ﺱﻡﺏ صبحا)
Namesake
Sabha sea fort, Zubarah
Acquired
13 September 1996
Commissioned
25 February 1997
Status
In service
General characteristics
Class and type
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement
4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length
453 feet (138 m), overall
Beam
45 feet (14 m)
Draft
22 feet (6.7 m)
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.
Speed
over 29 knots (54 km/h)
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.
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
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