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Guided missile frigate USS Constellation (FFG 62)

Guided missile frigate USS Constellation (FFG 62) 0

Classification

Ship class:
Constellation-class frigate (design)
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Operator:
United States NavyUnited States Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Marinette Marine
Ordered:
Status:
Under construction

Ship measurements

Displacement:
6,700 t
Length:
151.18 m
Beam:
19.81 m
Draft:
5.49 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODLAG (CODELAG)
Propulsion:
  • 1 * General Electric LM2500+G4 gas turbine;
  • 2 * electric propulsion motors;
  • 4 * ship service diesel generators;
  • 1 * auxiliary propulsion unit
Speed:
26 knots
Range:
6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
140
Total capacity:
200

Combat assets

Boats & landing craft:
  • 2 * rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Electronics:
  • COMBATSS-21 Combat Management System (AEGIS derivative)
  • AN/SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR)
  • AN/SPS-73(V)18 — Next Generation Surface Search Radar
  • AN/SLQ-61 light weight towed array sonar
  • AN/SQS-62 Variable-Depth Sonar
  • AN/SQQ-89F undersea warfare/anti-submarine warfare combat system
  • Cooperative Engagement Capability
Armament:
  • 32 Mk 41 VLS cells with:
  • Possibly RIM-162 ESSM Block 2 and/or RIM-174 Standard ERAM missiles
  • Planned RIM-66 Standard SM-2 Block 3C
  • 16 * canister launched Naval Strike Missiles
  • RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launched from Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching System (21 cell)
  • Mk 110 57mm gun with the Advanced Low Cost Munition Ordnance (ALaMO) projectile and related systems
  • Various machine guns M240 or M2
Aircraft:
  • 1 * MH-60R Seahawk helicopter
  • MQ-8C Firescout

USS Constellation (FFG 62) will be the lead ship of the Constellation class of guided-missile frigates and the fifth ship in the United States Navy bearing this name. She is named in honor of the first USS Constellation, one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy, which was named for the constellation of stars on the flag of the United States. The ship will be sponsored by Melissa Braithwaite, the wife of Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite.

Construction of Constellation will commence in April 2022 following the final design review. The ship is expected to enter service in 2026.

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