The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of guided-missile frigates named after U.S. Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a commander noted for his role in the Battle of Lake Erie.

The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie. Also known as the Perry or FFG-7 class, the warships were designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels inexpensive enough to be bought in large quantities to ...

The OLIVER HAZARD PERRY - class guided missile frigates are Undersea Warfare ships with an added anti-air warfare capability intended to provide open-ocean escort of amphibious ships and convoys in low to moderate threat environments.

USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) was the lead ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates. She was named for Oliver Hazard Perry, an American naval hero who was victorious at the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie.

The US Navy’s lone third-generation frigate class, a low-cost gas turbine-powered anti-submarine platform with secondary anti-aircraft and anti-ship capability, was the Oliver Hazard Perry class.

Sep 24, 2008 · The US Navy has 29 Oliver Hazard Perry Class guided missile frigates remaining in service of the 50 built for the US Navy during the 1970s and 1980s. The frigates have a full load displacement of 4,100t. The maximum speed is 30kt and the …

May 23, 2024 · Summary: The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate was a versatile and economical warship introduced in 1971 to replace older WWII-era destroyers. -Built by Bath Ironworks, these...

Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates fulfill a Protection of Shipping mission as Anti-Submarine Warfare combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups and...

Oliver Hazard Perry was the product of a U.S. Navy shipbuilding program initiated in 1971 to construct 50 patrol frigates. The project “grew from a continued requirement of the...

The Oliver Hazard Perry Shipyard is a 501 (c) (3) leading the Perry Shipyard Project, an initiative to bring a decommissioned Perry class Guided Missile Frigate, specifically the USS Halyburton (FFG-40), to Erie, PA and open it to the public as a museum ship.