USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23)
 USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) |
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| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) |
| Namesake: | Lewis B. Puller |
| Ordered: | 28 February 1977 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down: | 23 May 1979 |
| Launched: | 15 March 1980 |
| Acquired: | 1 March 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 17 April 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 September 1998 |
| Struck: | 18 September 1998 |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California (former) |
| Fate: | transferred to Egyptian Navy, 18 September 1998[1] |
| Career (Egypt) |  |
| Name: | Toushka (F906) |
| Acquired: | 18 September 1996[1] |
| Commissioned: | December 1998[1] |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2007[update][1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
| Length: | 453 feet (138 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Draft: | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azipods for maneuvering and docking. |
| Speed: | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar. |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: |
As built:
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23), fifteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Marine Lieutenant General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (1898–1971). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, CA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Lewis B. Puller was laid down on 23 May 1979, launched on 15 March 1980, and commissioned on 17 April 1982. Decommissioned and stricken on 18 September 1998, she was transferred to Egypt the same day as Toushka (F906). As of 2007[update], she remained in active service with the Egyptian Navy.[1]
Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d e Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Egypt". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 171. ISBN 9781591149552. OCLC 140283156.
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