USS Aubrey Fitch information

	USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34), underway during post-shakedown yard period sea trials, 5 May 1983.
History
United States
Name	Aubrey Fitch
Namesake	Admiral Aubrey Fitch
Ordered	23 January 1978
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	10 April 1981
Launched	17 October 1981
Sponsored by	Mrs. Francesca Fitch Ferguson
Acquired	1 October 1982
Commissioned	9 October 1982
Decommissioned	12 December 1997
Stricken	3 May 1999
Homeport	Mayport, Florida (former)
Identification	Hull symbol:FFG-34; Code letters:NAWF; ;
Motto	"A Breed Apart"
Fate	Sold for scrapping 11 March 2004
Notes	First Oliver Hazard Perry-class ship to be scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length	445 feet (136 m), overall
Beam	45 feet (14 m)
Draught	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.;
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.;
Armor	none
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-2F LAMPS I
Aviation facilities	hangar, flight deck, & repair shop

USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34), the twenty-sixth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Vice-Admiral Aubrey Fitch (1883–1978), who was noted for his outstanding command work in the South Pacific during World War II.

Ordered on 23 January 1978, as a part of the FY-1978 program, Aubrey Fitch was laid down on 10 April 1981 at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. She was launched on 17 October 1981—sponsored by Mrs. Francesca Fitch Ferguson, the granddaughter of the late Admiral Fitch—and was commissioned at Bath, Maine, on 9 October 1982.^[3]

This warship was decommissioned on 12 December 1997 and stricken from the Navy's list on 3 May 1999.

^ "USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG 34)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ "USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG 34)". Navysite.de. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ "Aubrey Fitch". Naval History and Heritage Command. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.

[1] "USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG 34)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[2] "USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG 34)". Navysite.de. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[DANFS-3] "Aubrey Fitch". Naval History and Heritage Command. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.

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History
USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34), underway during post-shakedown yard period sea trials, 5 May 1983.
United States
Name	Aubrey Fitch
Namesake	Admiral Aubrey Fitch
Ordered	23 January 1978
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	10 April 1981
Launched	17 October 1981
Sponsored by	Mrs. Francesca Fitch Ferguson
Acquired	1 October 1982
Commissioned	9 October 1982
Decommissioned	12 December 1997
Stricken	3 May 1999
Homeport	Mayport, Florida (former)
Identification	Hull symbol:FFG-34 Code letters:NAWF
Motto	"A Breed Apart"
Fate	Sold for scrapping 11 March 2004
Notes	First Oliver Hazard Perry-class ship to be scrapped
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length	445 feet (136 m), overall
Beam	45 feet (14 m)
Draught	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.
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.
Armor	none
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-2F LAMPS I^[2]
Aviation facilities	hangar, flight deck, & repair shop