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 ...

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.

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 ...

Perry class frigate 76-millimeter gun in action ... capable of handling less demanding tasks that didn't require a destroyer or cruiser. Anti-piracy and convoy protection missions were right ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The Ingraham was the last Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate the US ever built and the fourth ship to bear the name. Its predecessor, an Allen M. Summer-class destroyer, was sold to ...