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  • FFG-29 USS Stephen W. Groves

    US US Navy




    1982 to present    



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    Call Sign: NSWG
    Shipyard: Bath Iron Works


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    History of US FFG-29 USS Stephen W. Groves

    1978-jan-23Ordered
    1980-sep-16Laid down
    1981-apr-4Launched
    1982-apr-17Commissioned
    1999-aug-6Port VisitDKCopenhagen Holmen STANAVFORLANT visited Copenhagen with HSL-48 SH-60B 163248 /502 embarked.
    2010-jun-7DeploymentBaltic Sea BALTOPS 10 participated with BALTOPS 2010

    Specifications

       

        from Oliver Hazard Perry long-hull class
    138length (m)
    2Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500
    1Missile Launcher Mk 13
    1Naval Gun Oto Melara 76 mm
    2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm
    1Chaff and decoys AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
    1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-49

    Aircraft

       

        Typical Max
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    Builder

       

    US Bath Iron Works,



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