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SECNAV Memo: Navy Won’t Reactivate Perry Frigates for SOUTHCOM Mission; Will Send Ships to Fight Drug War in 2018

December 11, 2017 4:35 PM

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

November 14, 2017 2:59 PM

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

September 20, 2017 4:34 PM

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

June 16, 2017 3:57 PM

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

June 13, 2017 1:20 PM - Updated: June 13, 2017 2:42 PM

Studies are underway to “take a hard look” at putting eight mothballed Oliver Hazard Perry frigates back into service as well…

The Attack on USS Stark at 30

May 17, 2017 4:22 PM - Updated: May 17, 2017 5:30 PM

On May 17, 1987, the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Stark (FFG-31) was on patrol when it was struck by two Iraqi…

Last Oliver Hazard Perry Frigate USS Simpson Leaves Service, Marked for Foreign Sale

September 29, 2015 2:29 PM

After 30 years of service the last Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate — USS Simpson (FFG-56) — ceremonially left U.S.…

Frigate USS Kauffman Decommissions Today in Norfolk, Ship Set for Foreign Military Sale

September 18, 2015 7:07 AM

The U.S. Navy’s penultimate frigate is slated to decommission today in a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., the service…

USS Kauffman Returns from Final U.S. Frigate Deployment

July 13, 2015 12:18 PM

The last Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate deployment ended on Sunday when USS Kauffman (FFG-59) returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Va.…

Opinion: LCS Survivability Questions Linger

January 22, 2015 7:00 AM - Updated: January 22, 2015 5:36 PM

Less than a month after U.S. Navy leaders announced modified versions of both variants of the Littoral Combat Ship would…

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