USS George Philip
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| Status: | Template:Ship fate box active in service |
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| 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 gas turbines generating 43,000 bhp (32 MW) through a single shaft and variable-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: | As Completed: 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.
Currently: One OTO Melara Mk 75 mod 2 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; two Mk 32 12.75 in (324 mm) triple-torpedo-tube launchers for Mark 46 and Mk 50 torpedoes; one block 1B Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS; six .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns; two Mk 19 40mm grenade launchers. |
| Aircraft: | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
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USS George Philip (FFG-12), sixth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Commander George Philip, Jr. (1912-1945). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, CA on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY76 program, George Philip was laid down on 14 December 1977, launched on 16 December 1978, and commissioned on 10 October 1980. Decommissioned on 15 March 2003, as of June 2003 George Philip is in reserve at Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility Bremerton, WA.
The "George Philip" was expected to join the Portuguese Navy in 2006, together with her sister ship FFG-14 "Sides", but meanwhile the Portuguese Navy seems to be dropping the offer and will choose two Dutch Karel Doorman Frigates instead.
George Philip (FFG-12) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
