Construction began in August on the first of the US Navy's Constellation-class frigates. It's the first new frigate since the last Oliver Hazard Perry-class ship was built in the late '80s. While the ...

All 18 officers who've commanded the U.S.S. Halyburton, a now-decommissioned U.S. Navy frigate, have endorsed a local effort to bring the vessel to Presque Isle Bay as a floating navy museum. One of ...

A U.S. Navy warship won't be dropping anchor in Erie anytime soon. While efforts are ongoing to bring a decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate to Presque Isle Bay and turn it into a floating ...

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate (FFG-7) was a class of guided-missile frigates built for the U.S. Navy and later operated by numerous allied navies. Designed for escort and general-purpose roles ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: A total of seventy-one of the warships were built between 1977 and 2004 by Bath Iron Works and Todd Shipyards, and fifty-one saw service with... Here’s What You Need ...

During RIMPAC 2022, allied forces selected the retired guided-missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis as the target for a dramatic live-fire SINKEX exercise. The 453-foot Oliver Hazard Perry-class warship ...

The ex-USS Robert G Bradley undergoing refurbishment in a dry dock in Charleston in May 2022. The frigate will be called RBNS Khalid Bin Ali in Bahraini service. (NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support) ...

Summary: The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate was a versatile and economical warship introduced in 1971 to replace older WWII-era destroyers. -Built by Bath Ironworks, these frigates ...