The Navy was building eight Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates a year in three shipyards at the peak of that program, and its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are now being built in two shipyards.

The Perry Class became the red headed stepchild of the Navy Brass a long time ago, with their abilities being overshadowed by glitzy AEGIS capable destroyers and cruisers. As a result, the ships ...

frigates to supplement the overworked Arleigh Burke destroyers and counter China's naval expansion, filling a decade-long capability gap since the Perry-class retired. -Plans call for 20 advanced ...

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 ...

Even the Navy’s workhorse Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDGs ... The same likely may not hold true for the Oliver Hazard Perry­-class of low-cost gas turbine-powered anti-submarine warfare ...

Sailors assigned to the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Elrod ... do now to extend the life of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers (DDG-51) past an expected service life ...

"I am honored to work for you and to be a part of this team." She previously served on the destroyer The Sullivans, the Perry-class frigate Hawes, and the amphibious assault ship Bataan.

The keel for the future destroyer USS Quentin Walsh was officially laid Tuesday in a ceremony at Bath Iron Works in Maine. It ...

The Perry-class frigate USS Vanderbilt docks in Ho ... drawing less attention than an aircraft carrier or even destroyer. No other warship is more emblematic of the rise of the Chinese navy ...

“Is a (guided-missile destroyer) DDG the thing to put for ... “One of the things we might look at is bringing the Perry-class to do a limited drug interdiction mode,” Spencer said.

more capable ships (the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers) and on the LCS with its "modular" mission capabilities. Regardless of the reasoning behind the neglect, the Perry ships were ...