Navy: First Constellation Frigate Will Start Fabrication This Year as Shipyard Expands
The first hull in a new Navy ship class in more than a decade is set to start construction later…
CBO Says Navy Underestimated Cost of First Frigate by 40 Percent
This story was updated to include a statement from a spokesman for Navy acquisition chief James Geurts. The lead ship…
SECNAV Memo: Navy Won’t Reactivate Perry Frigates for SOUTHCOM Mission; Will Send Ships to Fight Drug War in 2018
The Navy won’t reactivate any Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates in support of operations in U.S. Southern Command, according to an…
Navy: ‘No Decisions Have Been Made’ In Reactivating Perry Frigates
The Navy has not made a final determination if it will reactivate decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates in its push…
SECNAV Spencer: Oliver Hazard Perry Frigates Could be Low-Cost Drug Interdiction Platforms
THE PENTAGON — If recommissioned, seven retired Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates would serve as basic surface platforms, stay close to…
CNO Richardson: Perry Frigates Only Inactive Hulls Navy Considering Returning to Active Fleet; DDG Life Extension Study Underway
WASHINGTON, D.C. – While all options are on the table in the Navy’s push to field a 355-ship fleet, when it…
CNO: Navy ‘Taking a Hard Look’ at Bringing Back Oliver Hazard Perry Frigates, DDG Life Extensions as Options to Build Out 355 Ship Fleet
Studies are underway to “take a hard look” at putting eight mothballed Oliver Hazard Perry frigates back into service as well…
Why the Chinese Navy is in the Mediterranean
On Thursday, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) frigates Linyi and Weifang left the Black Sea along with a…
Two Chinese Warships Enter Black Sea, Reports Link Visit to Possible Chinese Frigate Sale to Russia
Two People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) guided missile frigates entered the Black Sea on Monday in a first for the…
SNA: Modified Littoral Combat Ships to be Designated Frigates
CRYSTAL CITY, VA. – The modified Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class will be designated as frigates, Secretary of the Navy…