Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate of the US Navy (in service 1984-2014)
USS Rentz (FFG-46), off San Diego, California, 4 April 1995.
History
United States
Name
Rentz
Namesake
Chaplain George S. Rentz
Awarded
28 April 1980
Builder
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down
18 September 1982
Launched
16 July 1983
Sponsored by
Mrs. Jean R. Lansing
Commissioned
30 June 1984
Decommissioned
23 May 2014
Stricken
23 May 2014
Homeport
Naval Base San Diego
Identification
MMSI number: 338940000
Callsign: NGSR
Motto
"Dread Nought"
Fate
Sunk as part of Valiant Shield 2016 SINKEX
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Type
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)
Decks
9
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.
Aircraft carried
2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
Aviation facilities
2 × hangars
RAST helicopter hauldown system
USS Rentz (FFG-46) was a United States Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate. She was named for George S. Rentz, a World War II Navy Chaplain, posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for actions following the loss of USS Houston in the Battle of Sunda Strait. He was the only Navy chaplain to be so honored during World War II.
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