USS Fahrion

USS Fahrion (FFG-22), fourteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Admiral Frank George Fahrion (1894–1970).

USS Fahrion (FFG-22)
History
United States
Name: Fahrion
Namesake: Admiral Frank George Fahrion (1894–1970)
Ordered: 28 February 1977
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Laid down: 1 December 1978
Launched: 24 August 1979
Sponsored by: Mrs. Kathleen Dwyer Fahrion, Admiral Fahrion's widow
Acquired: 29 December 1981
Commissioned: 16 January 1982
Decommissioned: 31 March 1998
Stricken: 31 March 1998
Homeport: Mayport, Florida (former)
Identification:
Motto: "Tenacity"
Fate: transferred to Egyptian Navy, 31 March 1998[1]
Badge:
Egypt
Name: Sharm El-Sheik
Namesake: City of Sharm El-Sheik
Acquired: 31 March 1998[1]
Identification: F901
Status: in active service, as of 2018[1]
General characteristics [2]
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)
Draft: 22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion:
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:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 AN/SLQ-32
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I [3]

Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Fahrion was laid down on 1 December 1978, launched on 24 August 1979, and commissioned on 16 January 1982. Transferred to Egypt on 15 March 1998 as Sharm El-Sheik (F901), she was formally decommissioned and stricken on 31 March 1998. As of 2012, Sharm El-Sheik remained in active service with the Egyptian Navy.[1]

Fahrion (FFG-22) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

Operations and Missions
  • Multinational Peacekeeping Force Beirut Lebanon - Oct. 1983 - March 1984
  • Operation Earnest Will -MEF 2–86
  • Operation Earnest Will -MEF 2–88 (May 1988 – Sept 1988)
  • Baltops 89 (June 1989 – Sept 1989)
  • Great Lakes Cruise (June 1990 – September 1990)
  • Operation Abel Vigil (June 1994 – August 1994)[4]
  • UNITAS 36–95 (27 June 1995[5]-December 1995)
  • Great Lakes Cruise (June 1997 – September 1997)

See also

References
  1. Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Egypt". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.
  2. "USS Fahrion (FFG 22)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  3. "USS Fahrion (FFG 22)". Navysite.de. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  4. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-22.htm
  5. http://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/opinions/1999Term/98-0095.htm

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