Date Deployed: 17 December 1977 (Oliver Hazard Perry) Propulsion ... underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys. The guided missile frigates (FFG) bring a short range anti-air warfare ...

The Type 054B/Jiangkai III-class have several differences compared to the earlier Type 054/A guided missile frigates.

The U.S. Navy is seriously considering reactivating as many as seven recently-decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigates in order to quickly boost the size of the U.S. Navy ...

According to the Navy, the new class of frigates will be able to operate both in open water and littoral environments. “The Constellation-Class Guided ... venerable Oliver Hazard Perry frigates ...