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USS Elrod (FFG-55) in 2012.
History
United States
Name
Elrod
Namesake
Major Henry T. Elrod
Awarded
22 May 1981
Builder
Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down
21 November 1983
Launched
12 May 1984
Sponsored by
Mrs. Norma J. McDonald
Commissioned
21 September 1985
Decommissioned
30 January 2015
Stricken
30 January 2015
Homeport
NS Norfolk, Virginia
Identification
Hull symbol:FFG-55
Code letters:NHTE
Motto
War Ready to Preserve Peace
Nickname(s)
Hammerin' Hank
USS Hellrod
Status
Stricken, to be disposed of
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type
Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile 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.
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.
Mk 38 Mod 2 in place of Mk 13
Aircraft carried
2 × SH-60B LAMPS Mk III helicopters
Aviation facilities
2 × hangars
RAST helicopter hauldown system
USS Elrod (FFG-55), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named after Captain Henry T. Elrod (1905–1941), a Marine aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island in World War II.
The ship was originally home ported in Charleston, SC and shifted to Norfolk, VA in March 1995. Elrod completed five deployments to the Persian Gulf, three to the Mediterranean Sea, and one to the Adriatic Sea, and has participated in numerous operations in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Caribbean Sea.
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