“That will also inform how we’re going to design and build DDG Next. “I can’t afford for FFG(X) to be anything but coming off a world-class production line that produces a ship that we can count on,” Gilday told reporters in comments ahead of the annual Surface Navy Association symposium, using an acronym for the service’s future frigate. And for that reason, the Navy has to get it right. Michael Gilday said the Constellation class will be the model for how the Navy designs and builds the next class of destroyer, the so-called DDG Next. Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)ĭecommissioned: 31 March 1998.In a roundtable with reporters Friday, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)ĭecommissioned. Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)ĭecommissioned: 1 September 2000. Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)ĭecommissioned: 2 June 1995. Stricken, to be disposedĭecommissioned: 3 April 2003. Sold to Turkey, 11 April 2002, renamed TCG Gokova (F-496)ĭecommissioned: 28 February 2003. Stricken, to be disposedĭecommissioned: 10 April 2002. Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)ĭecommissioned: 15 March 2003. Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)ĭecommissioned: 15 March 2000. Transferred to Poland and renamed ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszkoĭecommissioned: 17 December 1994. Donated to Pakistani Navy, recommissioned as PNS Alamgir (F-260)ĭecommissioned: 28 June 2002. The last active duty ship in the US of this class, the USS Simpson (FFG-56), was decommissioned in September 2015. The Oliver Hazard Perry class comprised 51 ships, commissioned between 19. Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994 Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994ĭecommissioned: 31 January 1989. Sold for scrap, 9 March 1994ĭecommissioned: 30 September 1988.

Sunk as a target, 2 November 1999ĭecommissioned: 30 September 1988. Sunk as a target, 15 June 2000ĭecommissioned: 8 September 1988. Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994ĭecommissioned: 1 September 1988. Furer (FFG-6), was decommissioned in January 1989.ĭecommissioned: 16 September 1988. The last active-duty ship of this class, the USS Julius A. The Brooke class comprised 6 ships, commissioned from 1966 to 1968. The Glover class, a subclass of the Garcia class, comprised 1 ship, the USS Glover (FF-1098). Transferred to Taiwan, renamed Yi Yang (F-939) Leased to Royal Thai Navy in 1994 and eventually sold, 9 December 1999 Sold to Turkey as a hulk (19 July 1999) subsequently sunk as a target in the Turkish Seawolf 2001 naval exercise, June 2001ĭisposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred to Turkey Transferred to Taiwan, 29 April 1998, as Ni Yang (F-938) Transferred to Taiwan as Lan Yang (FF-935) Transferred to Thailand as Phuttaloetla Naphalai (F-462) Transferred to Turkey on 31 July 1993 renamed Adatepe (F-251) decommissioned 2001 Transferred to Taiwan as Chi Yang (FF-932)ĭisposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, RIMPAC 2002, 10 July 2002 Transferred to Mexico as ARM Mina (F-214), 10 April 2002ĭisposed of by scrapping, dismantling 31 March 2003ĭisposed of by Recycling, 19 September 2000ĭisposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 15 August 2003 Transferred to Turkey for spare parts, 21 December 1999 The last ship of this class in active US service, the USS Truett (FF-1095), was decommissioned in July 1994. The Knox class comprised 46 ships, commissioned between 19. Initially leased, then sold, to Brazil on 24 January 2001

The last active duty ship in the US of this class, the USS Voge (FF-1047), was decommissioned in August 1989.ĭisposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 September 1994 The Garcia class comprised 10 ships, commissioned from 1964 to 1968. They were both decommissioned in December 1990, and donated to Mexico in 1993. The Bronstein class comprised 2 ships, commissioned in 1963. For PF (Patrol Frigate) ships, see List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy § Patrol frigate (PF). The Oliver Hazard Perry class has been retired from active duty in the Navy as of 2015, and use has been replaced by the Littoral Combat Ship, to be augmented by the planned Constellation class guided-missile frigates.įor age-of-sail era frigates, see List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy.

Prior to the 1975 ship reclassification, ships that are now classified as FF or FFG were classified as DE or DEG ( destroyer escort). It includes all of the hull classification symbols FF and FFG. This is a list of frigates of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.

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