USS Jack Williams (FFG-24)
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| Missing image USS_Jack_Williams;072402.jpg USS Jack Williams (FFG-24) | |
| Career | 
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| Ordered: | 28 February 1977 |
| Laid down: | 25 February 1980 |
| Launched: | 30 August 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 19 September 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 September 1996 |
| Struck: | 13 September 1996 |
| Fate: | transferred to Bahrain, 1996 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load |
| Length: | 453 ft (138.1 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and controllable-pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 29+ knots (54+ km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
| Armament: | One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine); two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes; one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. |
| Aircraft: | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
| Motto: | Guardez Bien |
| Nickname: The Arky | |
USS Jack Williams (FFG-24), sixteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Pharmacist's Mate Second Class Jack Williams, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the battle of Iwo Jima.
Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Jack Williams was laid down on 25 February 1980; launched on 30 August 1980; and commissioned on 19 September 1981.
- [1981-1996]
Decommissioned and stricken on 13 September 1996, she was transferred to Bahrain the same day as that nation's Sabha (90).
Jack Williams (FFG-24) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
External links
- navsource.org: USS Jack Williams (http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0724.htm)
- navysite.de: USS Jack Williams (http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG24.HTM)
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