USS Elrod
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USS Elrod (FFG-55), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named after Captain Henry T. Elrod (1905–1941), a Marine aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island in World War II.
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USS Elrod (FFG-55) in 2012. | |
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Name | Elrod |
Namesake | Major Henry T. Elrod |
Awarded | 22 May 1981 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 21 November 1983 |
Launched | 12 May 1984 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Norma J. McDonald |
Commissioned | 21 September 1985 |
Decommissioned | 30 January 2015 |
Stricken | 30 January 2015 |
Homeport | NS Norfolk, Virginia |
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Motto | War Ready to Preserve Peace |
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Status | Stricken, to be disposed of |
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Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate |
Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
Length | 453 feet (138 m), overall |
Beam | 45 feet (14 m) |
Draft | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
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Speed | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
Complement | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60B LAMPS Mk III helicopters |
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The ship was originally home ported in Charleston, SC and shifted to Norfolk, VA in March 1995. Elrod completed five deployments to the Persian Gulf, three to the Mediterranean Sea, and one to the Adriatic Sea, and has participated in numerous operations in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Caribbean Sea.