~ quality handcrafted custom model ships ~
~ quality handcrafted custom model ships ~
Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates
Model featured: FFG-7 USS Oliver Hazard Perry
- circa 1977, as commissioned -
|
Photography by Action Asia Photo
|
Although costs rose dramatically over the production run, all 52 ships planned for the USN were eventually built. Some Perry Class vessels are slated to remain in USN service for years more but many have been decommissioned. Some of the decommissioned ships have been transferred to foreign countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Poland and Turkey. The ships were produced in 445 foot "short-hull" (Flight I) and 453 foot "long-hull" (Flight III) variants. The long-hull ships (FFG 8, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36-61) carry the more capable SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters, while the short-hull units carry the SH-2 Seasprite. The principal difference between the long and short hull versions is the relocation of the aft capstan on the long hull version to a step below the level of the flight deck in order to accommodate the tail rotor of the longer Seahawk Helicopter. FFG 8, 29, 32, and 33 were built as short-hull ships but were later modified into long-hull ships. United States yards constructed Perry Class ships for the United States and Australia. Early US-built Australian ships were originally of the short-hull type and modified in the 1980s to the long-hull standard. Yards in Australia, Spain, and Taiwan have produced variants of the long-hull design for their navies. Production continues in Taiwan (Cheng Kung Class). The Australia variants are of the Adelaide Class while the Spanish ships are of the Santa Maria Class. The addition LAMPS helicopters and the Tactical Towed Array System (TACTAS) has given these ships a combat capability far beyond the original expectations and has made the ships an integral and valued asset in virtually any scenario and particularly well suited for littoral operations. Many Perry Class guided missile frigates will remain in the USN fleet well into the next decade with the most capable ships being retained the longest. The primary mission of the ships will remain anti-submarine warfare and escort.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
© 2008 All Wood Ships - All Rights Reserved
Quality custom wood model ships of Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates, Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates, FFG-7 USS Oliver Hazard Perry, FFG-8 McInerney, FFG-9 Wadsworth, FFG-10 Duncan, FFG-11 Clark, FFG-12 George Philip, FFG-13 Samuel Morison, FFG-14 Sides, FFG-15 Estocin, FFG-16 Clifton Sprague, FFG-17 HMAS Adelaide, FFG-18 HMAS Canberra, FFG-19 John A. Moore, FFG-20 Antrim, FFG-21 Flatley, FFG-22 Fahrion, FFG-23 Lewis B. Puller, FFG-24 Jack Williams, FFG-25 Copeland, FFG-26 Gallery, FFG-27 Mahlon S. Tisdale, FFG-28 Boone, FFG-29 Stephen W. Groves, FFG-30 Reid, FFG-31 Stark, FFG-32 John L. Hall, FFG-33 Jarrett, FFG-34 Aubrey Fitch, FFG-35 HMAS Sydney, FFG-36 Underwood, FFG-37 Crommelin, FFG-38 Curts, FFG-39 Doyle, FFG-40 Halyburton, FFG-41 McClusky, FFG-42 Klakring, FFG-43 Thach, FFG-44 HMAS Darwin, FFG-45 Dewert, FFG-46 Rentz, FFG-47 Nicholas, FFG-48 Vandegrift, FFG-49 Robert G. Bradley, FFG-50 Taylor, FFG-51 Gary, FFG-52 Carr, FFG-53 Hawes, FFG-54 Ford, FFG-55 Elrod, FFG-56 Simpson, FFG-57 Rueben James, FFG-58 Samuel B. Roberts, FFG-59 Kauffman, FFG-60 Robert M. Davis, FFG-61 Ingraham, military ships, Custom mahogany wood models, model ships, model boats, ship models, boat models, desk top models, desktop models, collectables, gifts, authentic models, hand crafted, historical, handmade, hand made, custom built maritime ship models, maritime replicas, USA USN US Navy, fully assembled museum quality wooden models, museum quality models, A-Z, Z-A
