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{{Short description|Class of guided-missile frigates}}
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| Ship image = Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates underway in 1982.JPEG
| Ship caption = The frigates ''Oliver Hazard Perry'', ''Antrim'', and ''Jack Williams'' in 1982
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class
| Builders = *[[Bath Iron Works]]
*[[Todd Pacific Shipyards]] San Pedro
*Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle
*[[Tenix|Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated]]
*[[Navantia|Bazan]]
*[[CSBC Corporation, Taiwan]]
| Operators = *{{navy|Turkey}}
*{{navy|Australia}} (former)
*{{navy|Bahrain}}
*{{navy|Taiwan}}
*{{navy|Egypt}}
*{{navy|Pakistan}}
*{{navy|Poland}}
*{{navy|Spain}}
*{{navy|Chile}}
*{{navy|United States|1960}} (former)
| Class before = {{sclass|Knox|frigate|4}}
| Class after = *{{sclass|Constellation|frigate|4}}
| Subclasses = *{{sclass|Adelaide|frigate|4}} (Australia)
*{{sclass|Santa María|frigate|4}} (Spain)
*{{sclass|Cheng Kung|frigate|4}} (Taiwan)
*{{sclass2|G|frigate|4}} (Turkey)
| Cost = US$122&nbsp;million
| Built range = 1975–2004
| In commission range = 1977–present
| Total ships building = 
| Total ships planned = 71
| Total ships completed = 71
| Total ships cancelled = 
| Total ships active = *8 (Turkey)
*4 (Egypt)
*2 (Poland)
*1 (Pakistan)
*6 (Spain)
*10 (Taiwan)
*1 (Bahrain)
*2 (Chile)
| Total ships laid up = 8
| Total ships lost = 
| Total ships retired = 45
| Total ships preserved = 
}}
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| Ship type = [[Guided-missile frigate]]
| Ship displacement = {{convert|4100|LT|t}} full load
| Ship length = *{{convert|408|ft|abbr=on}} waterline,
*{{convert|445|ft|abbr=on}} overall,
*{{convert|453|ft|abbr=on}} for "long-hull" frigates
| Ship beam = {{convert|45|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship draught = 
| Ship draft = {{convert|22|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = {{OHP frigate propulsion}}
| Ship speed = 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
| Ship range = {{convert|4500|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|20|kn}}
| Ship complement = 176
| Ship sensors = *'''Radar:''' [[AN/SPS-49]], [[AN/SPS-55]], [[Mk 92 Guided Missile Fire Control System|Mk 92]] [[fire-control system]]
*'''Sonar:''' SQS-56, SQR-19 Towed Array
| Ship EW = *[[AN/SLQ-32|AN/SLQ-32(V)2]], Flight III with sidekick,
*[[Mark 36 SRBOC]]
*[[AN/SLQ-25 Nixie]]
| Ship armament = * 1 × single-arm [[Mk 13 Missile Launcher]] with a 40-missile magazine that contains [[RIM-66 Standard|SM-1MR]] anti-aircraft [[guided missile]]s and [[Harpoon missile|Harpoon]] [[anti-ship missile]]s. Removed from the U.S. Navy ships starting in 2003 on retirement of the SM-1 missile.
* [[Mk 38|Mk 38 Mod 2 Machine Gun Systems]] installed on platforms over the removed MK 13 launchers
* 2 × [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|triple Mark 32]] [[Anti-submarine warfare]] torpedo tubes with [[Mark 46 torpedo|Mark 46]] or [[Mark 50 torpedo|Mark 50]] [[anti-submarine warfare]] [[torpedo]] (24 torpedoes)
* 1 × [[Otobreda 76 mm|OTO Melara 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun]]
* 1 × 20 mm [[Phalanx CIWS]]
* 8 × [[Hsiung Feng II]] SSM or 4 HF-2 and 4 [[Hsiung Feng III|HF-3]] supersonic AShM, plus 2 Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns (on [[Cheng Kung-class frigate|Taiwanese vessels]] only)
| Ship armour = 
| Ship armor = 
| Ship aircraft = 2 × [[Light airborne multi-purpose system|LAMPS]] multi-purpose helicopters (the [[SH-2 Seasprite|SH-2 ''Seasprite'']] LAMPS I on the short-hulled ships or the [[SH-60 Seahawk|SH-60 ''Seahawk'']] [[LAMPS III]] on the long-hulled ships)
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The '''''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class''' is a class of [[guided-missile frigate]]s named after U.S. [[Commodore (USN)|Commodore]] [[Oliver Hazard Perry]], a commander noted for his role in the [[Battle of Lake Erie]]. Also known as the ''Perry'' or FFG-7 (commonly "fig seven") class, the warships were designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels inexpensive enough to be bought in large numbers to replace World War II-era [[destroyer]]s and complement 1960s-era {{sclass|Knox|frigate|2}}<nowiki/>s.<ref name="auto">{{cite book | title = Defense Acquisitions: Comprehensive Strategy Needed to Improve Ship Cruise Missile Defence | publisher = United States General Accounting Office | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RoEQ1awizu0C&pg=PA42 | access-date = 2010-02-16 | isbn = 978-0-7567-0302-8 | author1 = Wiggins, James F | date = August 2000}} pp.42</ref>

In Admiral [[Elmo Zumwalt]]'s "high low fleet plan", the FFG-7s were the low-capability ships, with the {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer|1}}s serving as the high-capability ships. Intended to protect amphibious landing forces, supply and replenishment groups, and merchant convoys from aircraft and submarines, they were also later part of battleship-centered surface action groups and aircraft carrier battle groups/strike groups.<ref name="auto"/> 55 ships were built in the United States: 51 for the [[United States Navy]] and four for the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN). Eight were built in [[Republic of China Navy|Taiwan]], six in [[Spanish Navy|Spain]], and two in Australia for their navies. Former U.S. Navy warships of this class have been sold or donated to the navies of [[Royal Bahrain Naval Force|Bahrain]], [[Egyptian Navy|Egypt]], [[Polish Navy|Poland]], [[Pakistani Navy|Pakistan]], [[Taiwan Navy|Taiwan]], and [[Turkish Navy|Turkey]].

The first of the 51 U.S. Navy-built ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' frigates entered into service in 1977, and the last remaining in active service, {{USS|Simpson|FFG-56|6}}, was decommissioned on 29 September 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/uncategorised/newsus-navy-decommissions-last-oliver-hazard-perry-class-frigate-uss-simpson-4683397/|title=US Navy decommissions last Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Simpson|date=30 September 2015|website=Baval-technology.com|access-date=16 February 2019|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629093905/https://www.naval-technology.com/uncategorised/newsus-navy-decommissions-last-oliver-hazard-perry-class-frigate-uss-simpson-4683397/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The retired vessels were mostly mothballed with some transferred to other navies for continued service and some used as weapons targets and sunk. Some of the U.S. Navy's frigates, such as [[USS Duncan (FFG-10)|USS ''Duncan'']] (14.6 years in service), had fairly short careers, while a few lasted as long as 30+ years in active U.S. service, with some lasting even longer after being sold or donated to other navies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.yahoo.com/last-deployment-navy-frigates-soon-decommissioned-224836583.html |title=Last deployment: All Navy frigates soon to be decommissioned |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |first1=Brock |last1=Vergakis |date=January 7, 2015|access-date=January 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/end-of-the-ghetto-navy-is-in-sight-as-last-usn-frigate-1678669074 |title=End Of The 'Ghetto Navy' Is In Sight As Last USN Frigate Cruise Begins |first1=Tyler |last1=Rogoway |work=Fox Trot Alpha |date=January 10, 2014 |access-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref> In 2020, the Navy announced the new {{sclass|Constellation|frigate|4}} as their latest class of frigates.

==Design and construction==
[[File:Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate (long hull) outboard profile.jpg|thumb|Outboard profile of the "long-hull" design.]]
The ships were designed by the [[Bath Iron Works]] [[shipyard]] in [[Maine]] in partnership with the [[New York (state)|New York]]-based [[naval architect]]s [[Gibbs & Cox]]. The design process was notable as the initial design was accomplished with the help of computers in 18 hours by [[Raye Montague]], a civilian U.S. Navy [[naval engineer]], making it the first ship designed by computer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=5565|title=Raye Jean Jordan Montague (1935–2018) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas|website=Encyclopediaofarkansas.net|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref>

The ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class ships were produced in {{convert|445|ft|m|adj=on}} long "short-hull" (Flight I) and {{convert|453|ft|m|adj=on}} long "long-hull" (Flight III) variants. The long-hull ships (FFG 8, 28, 29, 32, 33, and 36–61) carry the larger [[SH-60 Seahawk]] [[LAMPS III]] helicopters, while the short-hulled warships carry the smaller and less-capable [[SH-2 Seasprite]] LAMPS I. Aside from the lengths of their hulls, the principal difference between the versions is the location of the aft [[capstan (nautical)|capstan]]: on long-hull ships, it sits a step below the level of the flight deck to provide clearance for the tail rotor of the longer Seahawk helicopters.<ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com"/>

The long-hull ships carry the [[Helicopter deck|RAST (Recovery Assist Securing and Traversing)]] system (also known as a [[Beartrap (hauldown device)]]) for the Seahawk. It is a hook, cable, and winch system that can reel in a Seahawk from a hovering flight, expanding the ship's pitch-and-roll range in which flight operations are permitted. The FFG 8, 29, 32, and 33 were built as "short-hull" warships but were later modified into "long-hull" warships.<ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/australias-hazardous-frigate-upgrade-04586/ |title = Australias Hazard(ous) Frigate Upgrades: Done at Last}}</ref>

''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates were the second class of surface ships (after the {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer}}s) in the U.S. Navy to be built with gas turbine propulsion. The gas turbine propulsion plant was more automated than other Navy propulsion plants at the time, and it could be centrally monitored and controlled from a remote engineering control center away from the engines. The gas turbine propulsion plants also allowed the ship's speed to be controlled directly from the bridge via a throttle control, a first for the U.S. Navy.

American shipyards constructed ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class ships for the U.S. Navy and the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN). Early American-built Australian ships were originally built as the "short-hull" version, but they were modified during the 1980s to the "long-hull" design. Shipyards in Australia, Spain, and Taiwan have produced several warships of the "long-hull" design for their navies.

[[File:Combat systems of the FFG-7 class.png|thumb|Scheme of the combat systems of the ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigate.]]

Although the per-ship costs rose greatly over the period of production,<ref>{{Cite web |title=FFG-7 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ffg-7.htm |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref> all 51 ships planned for the U.S. Navy were built.

During the design phase of the ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class, the head of the [[Royal Corps of Naval Constructors]], R.J. Daniels, was invited by an old friend, U.S. Chief of the Bureau of Ships, Adm [[Robert C. Gooding]], to advise upon the use of variable-pitch propellers in the class. During this conversation, Daniels warned Gooding against the use of aluminium in the superstructure of the FFG-7 class as he believed it would lead to structural weaknesses. A number of ships subsequently developed structural cracks, including a {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} fissure in USS ''Duncan'', before the problems were remedied.<ref>Daniels, R.J, p.219, ''The End of an Era: The Memoirs of a Naval Constructor'', Periscope Publishing Ltd, 2004, {{ISBN|1-904381-18-9}}, {{ISBN|978-1-904381-18-1}}</ref>

The ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates were designed primarily as [[anti-aircraft]] and [[anti-submarine warfare]] [[guided-missile]] warships intended to provide open-ocean escort of [[amphibious warfare]] ships and [[merchant ship]] convoys in moderate threat environments in a potential war with the Soviet Union and the [[Warsaw Pact]] countries. They could also provide air defense against 1970s- and 1980s-era aircraft and anti-ship missiles. These warships are equipped to escort and protect [[aircraft carrier]] battle groups, amphibious landing groups, underway replenishment groups, and merchant ship convoys. They can conduct independent operations to perform tasks such as surveillance of illegal drug smugglers, maritime interception operations, and exercises with other nations.<ref>Raleigh Clayton Muns, Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates: United States Navy (2010), p.3</ref>

The addition of the [[Naval Tactical Data System]], [[Light airborne multi-purpose system|LAMPS]] helicopters, and the Tactical Towed Array System (TACTAS) gave these warships a combat capability far beyond the original expectations. They are well suited for operations in [[wikt:littoral|littoral regions]] and most war-at-sea scenarios.

==Notable combat actions==
[[File:USS Stark.jpg|thumb|USS ''Stark'' listing to port following an air attack during the [[USS Stark incident|Iran-Iraq War]]]]

''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates made worldwide news during the 1980s. Despite being small, these frigates were shown to be very durable. During the [[Iran–Iraq War]], on 17 May 1987, {{USS|Stark|FFG-31|6}} was attacked by an Iraqi warplane. Struck by two [[Exocet missile|Exocet]] anti-ship missiles, thirty-seven U.S. Navy sailors died in the deadly prelude to the American [[Operation Earnest Will]], the reflagging and escorting of oil tankers through the [[Persian Gulf]] and the [[Straits of Hormuz]].

Less than a year later, on 14 April 1988, {{USS|Samuel B. Roberts|FFG-58|6}} was nearly sunk by an Iranian mine. There were no deaths, but ten sailors were evacuated from the warship for medical treatment. The crew of ''Samuel B. Roberts'' battled fire and flooding for two days, ultimately managing to save the ship. The U.S. Navy retaliated four days later with [[Operation Praying Mantis]], a one-day attack on Iranian oil platforms being used as bases for raids on merchant shipping. Those had included bases for the minelaying operations that damaged ''Samuel B. Roberts''. ''Stark'' and ''Roberts'' were each repaired in American shipyards and returned to full service. ''Stark'' was decommissioned in 1999 and scrapped in 2006. ''Roberts'' was decommissioned at Mayport on 22 May 2015.<ref name="decom">{{cite web | url=http://www.defenseone.com/management/2015/05/uss-samuel-b-roberts-frigate/113614/?oref=search_peniston%20roberts | title=The Once—and Future?—USS Samuel B. Roberts | publisher=Defense One | date=May 23, 2015 | access-date=May 30, 2015 | author=Peniston, Bradley}}</ref>

On 18 April 1988, {{USS|Simpson|FFG-56|6}} was accompanying the cruiser {{USS|Wainwright|CG-28|6}} and frigate {{USS|Bagley|FF-1069|6}} when they came under attack from the Iranian gunboat {{ship|Iranian fast attack craft|Joshan||2}}, which fired a U.S.-made [[Harpoon (missile)|Harpoon anti-ship missile]] at the ships. With ''Simpson'' having the only clear shot, the frigate fired an SM-1 standard missile, which struck ''Joshan''. ''Simpson'' fired three more SM-1s, and with later naval fire from ''Wainwright'', sank the Iranian vessel.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lendon|first1=Brad|title=Hours before decommissioning, USS Simpson crew recall historic naval battle|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/29/politics/uss-simpson-decommissioned-warship/|website=Cnn.com|date=29 September 2015|access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref>

==Modifications==
===United States===
The United States Navy and Royal Australian Navy modified their remaining ''Perry''s to reduce their operating costs, replacing [[Detroit Diesel Series 149|Detroit Diesel 16V149TI]] [[electrical generator]]s with [[Caterpillar Inc|Caterpillar]] 3512B diesel engines.

Upgrades to the ''Perry'' class were problematic due to "little reserved space for growth (39 tons in the original design), and the inflexible, proprietary electronics of the time", such that the "US Navy gave up on the idea of upgrades to face new communications realities and advanced missile threats". The U.S. Navy decommissioned 25 "FFG-7 Short" ships via "bargain basement sales to allies or outright retirement, after an average of only 18 years of service".<ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com"/>

From 2004 to 2005, the U.S. Navy removed the frigates' [[Mark 13 missile launcher|Mk 13]] single-arm missile launchers because the primary missile, the [[RIM-66 Standard|Standard SM-1MR]], had become outmoded. It would supposedly have been too costly to refit the Standard SM-1MR missiles, which had little ability to bring down sea-skimming missiles. Another reason was to allow more SM-1MRs to go to American allies that operated ''Perry''s, such as Poland, Spain, Australia, Turkey, and Taiwan.<ref name="missilesremoved">{{cite journal|last=Burgess|first=Richard R.|date=September 2003|title=Guided Missiles Removed from Perry-class Frigates (Sea Services section: Northrop Grumman-Built DDG Mustin Commissioned in U.S. Pacific Fleet)|journal=Sea Power|publisher=Navy League of the United States|location=Washington, D.C.|volume=46|issue=9|pages=34|issn=0199-1337|oclc=3324011|url=http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/sep_03_34.php|access-date=2008-09-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112064344/http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/sep_03_34.php|archive-date=2009-01-12}}</ref> As a result, the "zone-defense" [[anti-aircraft warfare]] (AAW) capability of the U.S. Navy's ''Perry''s had vanished, and all that remained was a "point-defense" type of anti-air warfare armament, so they relied upon cover from AEGIS destroyers and cruisers.<ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com"/>

[[File:080713-N-7949W-084 - USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG-60).jpg|thumb|{{USS|Rodney M. Davis|FFG-60|6}} after the removal of her foredeck Mk 13 missile launcher.]]

The removal of the Mk 13 launchers also stripped the frigates of their Harpoon anti-ship missiles. However, their Seahawk helicopters could still carry the much shorter-range [[Penguin missile|Penguin]] and Hellfire anti-ship missiles. The last nine ships of the class had new remotely operated [[M242 Bushmaster|25&nbsp;mm]] [[Mark 38 25 mm Machine Gun System|Mk 38 Mod 2 Machine Gun Systems]] (MGSs) installed on platforms over the old Mk 13 launcher magazine.

[[File:US Navy 100707-N-0641S-215 SS Ford (FFG 54) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to support Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises.jpg|thumb|{{USS|Ford|FFG-54|6}} with Mk 38 Mod 2 MGS.]]
[[File:View of the 76mm 62-caliber Mk 75 anti-aircraft gun aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate DEWERT (FFG-45). Behind the barrel is the Separate Target Illuminatio - DPLA - 936cbf1336b76f7fc0b4727a4bb05e99.jpg|thumb|''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigate 76&nbsp;mm 62-caliber Mk 75 anti-aircraft gun.]]

Up to 2002, the U.S. Navy updated the remaining active ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class warships' [[Phalanx CIWS]] to the "Block 1B" capability, which allowed the Mk 15 20&nbsp;mm Phalanx gun to shoot at fast-moving surface craft and helicopters. They were also to have been fitted with the Mk 53 Decoy Launching System "[[Nulka]]" in place of the [[SRBOC]] (Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff) and flares, which would have better protected the ship against anti-ship missiles. It was planned to outfit the remaining ships with a 21-cell [[RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile]] launcher at the location of the former Mk 13, but this did not occur.<ref>''The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet'' Norman Polmar. Naval Institute Press, 2005. page 161</ref>

On 11 May 2009, the first International Frigate Working Group met at Mayport Naval Station to discuss maintenance, obsolescence, and logistics issues regarding ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class ships of the U.S. and foreign navies.<ref>[http://www.beachesleader.com/articles/2009/05/22/beaches_leader/news/doc4a163ec72453d680518247.txt]{{Dead link|date=July 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

On 16 June 2009, Vice Admiral Barry McCullough turned down the suggestion of then-U.S. Senator [[Mel Martinez]] (R-FL) to keep the ''Perry''s in service, citing their worn-out and maxed-out condition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/06/navy_lcs_gap_061609w/|title=Navy has few FFG options to fill LCS gap|website=Navytimes.com|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref> However, U.S. Representative [[Ander Crenshaw]] (R-FL) and former U.S. Representative [[Gene Taylor (Mississippi)|Gene Taylor]] (D-MS) took up the cause to retain the vessels.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2010/04/05/daily43.html?page=all| title = Mayport frigates may get reprieve}}</ref>

The ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates were to have been eventually replaced by [[Littoral Combat Ship]]s by 2019. However, the worn-out frigates were being retired faster than the LCSs were being built, which may lead to a gap in [[United States Southern Command]] mission coverage.<ref>Faram, Mark D. [http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/05/navy-crews-struggle-to-maintain-frigates-052912/ "Keeping frigates running no easy feat for crews."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728032836/https://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/05/navy-crews-struggle-to-maintain-frigates-052912/ |date=28 July 2020 }} ''Navy Times'', 29 May 2012.</ref> According to Navy deactivation plans, all ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates would be retired by October 2015. ''Simpson'' was the last to be retired (on 29 September 2015), leaving the Navy devoid of frigates for the first time since 1943. The ships will either be made available for sale to foreign navies or dismantled.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703031337/http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140702/NEWS04/307020082/Decommissioning-plan-pulls-all-frigates-from-fleet-by-end-FY-15|archive-date=3 July 2014|title=Decommissioning plan pulls all frigates from fleet by end of FY '15|url=http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20140702/NEWS04/307020082/Decommissioning-plan-pulls-all-frigates-from-fleet-by-end-FY-15|date=2 July 2014|website=Militarytimes.com|access-date=8 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Perry''-class frigate retirement was accelerated by budget pressures, leading to the remaining 11 ships being replaced by only eight LCS hulls. With the timeline LCS mission packages will come online unknown, there is uncertainty if they will be able to perform the frigates' counter-narcotics and anti-submarine roles when they are gone. The Navy is looking into [[Military Sealift Command]] to see if the [[Joint High Speed Vessel]], [[Mobile Landing Platform]], and other auxiliary ships could handle low-end missions that the frigates performed.<ref>[http://www.navytimes.com/article/20140726/NEWS/307260034/Retiring-frigates-may-leave-some-missions-unfilled Retiring frigates may leave some missions unfilled] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728032835/https://www.navytimes.com/article/20140726/NEWS/307260034/Retiring-frigates-may-leave-some-missions-unfilled/ |date=28 July 2020 }} - Navytimes.com, 26 July 2014</ref>

The [[U.S. Coast Guard]] harvested weapons systems components from decommissioned Navy ''Perry''-class frigates to save money. Harvesting components from four decommissioned frigates resulted in more than $24&nbsp;million in cost savings, which increases with parts from more decommissioned frigates. Equipment including [[OTO Melara 76 mm|Mk 75 76&nbsp;mm/62 caliber gun mounts]], gun control panels, barrels, launchers, junction boxes, and other components was returned to service aboard {{sclass2|Famous|cutter|3|boat}}s to extend their service lives into the 2030s.<ref>[http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2082 U.S. Navy harvests decommissioned Frigates weapon systems for U.S. Coast Guard use] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102621/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2082 |date=26 June 2015 }} - Navyrecognition.com, 26 October 2014</ref>

In June 2017, [[Chief of Naval Operations]] [[John M. Richardson (admiral)|Admiral John Richardson]] revealed the Navy was "taking a hard look" at reactivating 7-8 out of 12 mothballed ''Perry''-class frigates to increase fleet numbers. While the move was under consideration, there would be difficulties in returning them to service given the age of the ships and their equipment, likely requiring a significant modernization effort. Although bringing the frigates out of retirement would have provided a short-term solution to fleet size, their limited combat capability would restrict them to acting as a theater security cooperation, maritime security asset.<ref>[http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/06/13/navy-taking-hard-look-pulling-frigates-out-mothballs.html Navy 'Taking a Hard Look' At Pulling Frigates Out of Mothballs] - Military.com, 13 June 2017</ref><ref>[https://news.usni.org/2017/06/13/cno-navy-taking-hard-look-bringing-back-oliver-hazard-perry-frigates-ddg-life-extension-options-build-355-ship-fleet CNO: Navy ‘Taking a Hard Look’ at Bringing Back Oliver Hazard Perry Frigates, DDG Life Extensions as Options to Build Out 355 Ship Fleet] - News.USNI.org, 13 June 2017</ref> Their likely role would have been serving as basic surface platforms that stay close to U.S. shores, performing missions such as assisting drug interdiction efforts or patrolling the Arctic so an extensive upgrade to the ships' combat systems would not need to be undertaken.<ref>[https://news.usni.org/2017/09/20/secnav-spencer-oliver-hazard-perry-frigates-low-cost-drug-interdiction-platforms SECNAV Spencer: Oliver Hazard Perry Frigates Could be Low-Cost Drug Interdiction Platforms] - News.USNI.org, 20 September 2017</ref> An October 2017 memo recommended against reactivating the frigates, claiming it would cost too much money, taking funding away from other Navy priorities for ships with little effectiveness.<ref>[http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20171114202733/https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2017/11/13/dont%2Dreactivate%2Dthe%2Dold%2Dfrigate%2Dinternal%2Dus%2Dnavy%2Dmemo%2Drecommends/ Don't reactivate the old frigates, internal US Navy memo recommends] - Defensenews.com, 13 November 2017</ref>

===Australia===
[[File:HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) underway in the Philipine Sea on 18 April 2019 (190418-N-UI104-0759).JPG|thumb|{{HMAS|Melbourne|FFG 05|6}} at sea in 2019. The eight-cell Mark 41 installation can be seen on the ship's foredeck, just ahead of the single arm Mark-13 launcher.]]
Australia spent A$1.46bn to upgrade the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) {{sclass|Adelaide|frigate|0}} guided-missile frigates, including equipping them to fire the [[RIM-66 Standard|SM-2]] version of the Standard missile, adding an eight-cell [[Mark 41 Vertical Launching System]] (VLS) for [[RIM-162 ESSM|Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles]] (ESSMs), and installing better air-search radars and long-range sonar. The RAN had opted to retain their ''Adelaide'' frigates rather than purchase the U.S. Navy's {{sclass|Kidd|destroyer|0}} destroyers; the ''Kidd''s were more capable but more expensive and manpower intensive. However, the upgrade project ran over budget and fell behind schedule.<ref name="defenseindustrydaily.com"/>

The first of the upgraded frigates, {{HMAS|Sydney|FFG 03|6}}, returned to the RAN fleet in 2005. Four frigates were eventually upgraded at the [[Garden Island, New South Wales|Garden Island]] shipyard in Sydney, Australia, with the modernizations lasting between 18 months and two years. The cost of the upgrades was partly offset, in the short run, by the decommissioning and disposal of the two older frigates. {{HMAS|Canberra|FFG 02|6}} was decommissioned on 12 November 2005 at naval base {{HMAS|Stirling}} in [[Western Australia]], and {{HMAS|Adelaide|FFG 01|6}} was decommissioned at that same naval base on 20 January 2008. HMAS ''Sydney'' was decommissioned at the Garden Island naval base in 2016. HMAS Darwin was also decommissioned at Garden Island in 2018.

The ''Adelaide''-class frigates were replaced by three spanish designed [[Hobart-class destroyer|''Hobart''-class air warfare destroyers]] equipped with the [[AEGIS combat system]].{{cn|date=May 2025}} HMAS ''Melbourne'' and ''Newcastle'' were transferred in May 2020 to the Chilean Navy and serve as ''Capitan Prat'' and ''Almirante Latorre''.<ref name="the Australian"/>

===Turkey===
[[File:TCG Goksu (F-497) in the Mediterranean Sea 21 August 2023.jpg|thumb|TCG ''Göksu'' (F-497) in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] on August 21, 2023. The [[G-class frigate]]s are equipped with the GENESIS combat management system, [[SMART-S Mk2|SMART-S Mk2 3D radar]] and [[Mark 41 Vertical Launching System|Mk. 41 VLS]], which has been installed in front of the [[Mark 13 missile launcher|Mk. 13 GMLS]].]]

The [[G-class frigate]]s of the [[Turkish Naval Forces|Turkish Navy]] have undergone a major modernisation program, which included the retrofitting of a Turkish digital combat management system named GENESIS (''Gemi Entegre Savaş İdare Sistemi'').<ref>[http://www.ssm.gov.tr/home/projects/Sayfalar/proje.aspx?projeID=48 Ship Integrated Combat Management System (GENESIS)], Undersecretariat for Defence Industries, Turkey</ref> The system was designed & implemented jointly by the Turkish Navy & [[HAVELSAN]], a Turkish electronic hardware systems & software company.<ref>[http://www.raytheon.com/businesses/rtnwcm/groups/public/documents/content/rtn09_bus_genesis_pdf.pdf] {{dead link|date=October 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The GENESIS upgraded ships were delivered between 2007 & 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dzkk.tsk.tr/turkce/MODERNIZASYON.php?strAnaFrame=modernizasyon&strIFrame=genesis_projesi |title=Archived copy|access-date=2010-11-16 |archive-date=2013-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921151924/http://www.dzkk.tsk.tr/turkce/MODERNIZASYON.php?strAnaFrame=modernizasyon&strIFrame=genesis_projesi |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.afcea.org/content/turkeys-defense-industry-matures |title=Turkey's Defense Industry Matures|date=24 August 2010|newspaper=Afcea International|access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref>

The GENESIS advanced combat management system has the capacity of tracking more than 1,000 tactical targets, thanks to its digital sensor data fusion, automatic threat evaluation, weapon engagement opportunities, and [[Link-16]]/[[Link 22|22]] system integration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dzkk.tsk.tr/tdgg/genesys.php |title=Turkish Maritime Task Group|access-date=2010-11-16 |archive-date=2012-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304223000/http://www.dzkk.tsk.tr/tdgg/genesys.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The modernisation program also included the addition of an 8-cell [[Vertical launching system|Mk.41 VLS]] for [[RIM-162 ESSM]], together with the upgrade of the Mk-92 [[fire control system]] by [[Lockheed Martin]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2009/02/16/daily15.html |title=Lockheed Martin to upgrade weapons systems on Turkish frigates|website=Bizjournals.com|access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> the retrofitting of the [[SMART-S|SMART-S Mk2 3D air search radar]], which replaced the [[AN/SPS-49]];<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwJ7fyvexGc |title=Bayraktar Kızılelma: Maiden Flight|publisher=Baykar Technologies|date=14 December 2022}}</ref> and the addition of a new, long range [[sonar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/mk-41-naval-vertical-missile-launch-systems-delivered-supported-updated-02139/ |title=MK 41 Naval Vertical Missile Launch Systems Delivered|website=Defenseindustrydaily.com|access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-turkey-lockheed-idUKN0938198620080409 |title=US approves $227 mln Lockheed arms sale to Turkey|date=9 April 2008|access-date=23 November 2021|website=Reuters}}</ref>

The Mk.41 vertical launching system (VLS) has been fitted in front of the [[Mk 13 missile launcher|Mk.13 launcher]]. TCG ''Gediz'' was the first ship in the class to receive the Mk.41 VLS installation.<ref name="auto"/>

The G-class frigates of the Turkish Navy were also modified with the [[Aircraft Ship Integrated Secure and Traverse|ASIST]] landing platform system at the [[Istanbul Naval Shipyard]], so that they can accommodate the [[Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk|S-70B Seahawk]] helicopter.

==Operators==
{{More citations needed section|find=US Navy decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry frigates sales donation transfer dates |date=January 2021}}
*{{BHR}}: {{USS|Jack Williams|FFG-24|6}} was purchased from the American government in 1996 and re-christened {{ship|RBNS|Sabha|FFG-90|2}}.
*{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Chile]]: On 27 December 2019, it was announced that Australia had sold {{HMAS|Newcastle||6}} and {{HMAS|Melbourne|FFG 05|6}} to Chile. Both frigates were delivered to the Chilean Navy in May 2020 and named ''Capitan Prat'' and ''Almirante Latorre''.<ref name="the Australian">{{Cite web | url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/defence-strategists-lament-sale-of-most-capable-ships-in-ran-history/news-story/b40cdb463adc4b2243cb7ec89ffc1472 |title = Defence strategists lament ship sale|date = 2019-12-26}}</ref>
*{{EGY}}: Four ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates were transferred from the U.S. Navy between 1996 and 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=SIPRI Arms Transfers Database - United States to Egypt; 1995-2005; Ships |url=https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.}}</ref>
*{{PAK}}: The former {{USS|McInerney||6}} transferred to the Pakistani Navy as [[USS McInerney|PNS ''Alamgir'' (F260)]] in August 2010.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_to_get_refurbished_warship_from_US/rssarticleshow/3615200.cms Pakistan to get refurbished warship from US] [[Times of India]], 19 October 2008</ref>
*{{POL}}: Two frigates were transferred from the U.S. Navy in 2000 and 2002.
*{{ESP}} ({{sclass|Santa María|frigate|4}}): Spanish-built: six frigates.
*{{TWN}} ({{sclass|Cheng Kung|frigate|4}}): Taiwanese-built. Originally, eight ships were equipped with eight Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles. Now, all but PFG-1103 are carrying four HF-2 and four HF-3 supersonic AShM. The PFG-1103 ''Cheng Ho'' will change the anti-ship mix upon their major overhaul. Seven out of eight ships added Bofors 40&nbsp;mm/L70 guns for both surface and anti-air use. On 5 November 2012, Minister of Defense Kao announced the U.S. government would sell Taiwan two additional ''Perry''-class frigates that are about to be retired from the U.S. Navy for a cost of US$240&nbsp;million to be retrofitted and delivered in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/taiwan/2012/taiwan-121105-cna02.htm|title=Taiwan to buy Perry-class frigates from U.S.|website=Globalsecurity.org|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref> The ex-USS ''Gary'' and the ex-USS ''Taylor'' were to be reactivated and transferred to Taiwan. In July 2016, the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $74&nbsp;million contract to Virginia-based VSE Corporation to do the work. According to the contract, VSE had 16 months to complete the work. The U.S. State Department officially approved the sale of both ships for $190&nbsp;million in March 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://navaltoday.com/2016/07/22/old-us-navy-frigates-to-be-reactivated-for-delivery-to-taiwan-navy/|title=Old US Navy frigates to be reactivated for delivery to Taiwan Navy|website=Naval Today|date=22 July 2016|access-date=2016-07-27}}</ref> The ships were commissioned into ROCN service on 8 November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-09|title=US-purchased warships inaugurated - Taipei Times|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/11/09/2003703872|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.taipeitimes.com}}</ref>
*{{TUR}} ({{sclass2|G|frigate|4}}): Eight former U.S. Navy ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates were transferred to the Turkish Navy between 1998 and 2003.<ref>{{cite web |title=SIPRI Arms Transfers Database - United States to Turkey; 1995-2005; Ships |url=https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.}}</ref> All have undergone extensive advanced modernization programs, and they are now known as the G-class frigates. The Turkish Navy modernized G-class frigates have an additional Mk 41 VLS capable of launching ESSMs for closer-in defense and longer-range SM-1 missiles, advanced digital fire control systems, and new Turkish-made sonars.

===Potential operators===
*{{MEX}}: Two former U.S. Navy ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates {{USS|McClusky|FFG-41|6}} and {{USS|Curts|FFG-38|6}} were to be sold to the [[Mexican Navy]]{{when|date=January 2021}} under the [[Foreign Military Sales|FMS]] program; however, {{USS|McClusky|FFG-41|6}} was sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2018 on 19 July 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://navaltoday.com/2018/07/20/rimpac-participants-sink-another-ship-in-live-fire-event/|title=RIMPAC participants sink another ship in live-fire event|website=Naval Today|date=20 July 2018|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref> and {{USS|Curts|FFG-38|6}} was sunk as a target during Valiant Shield 2020 on 19 September 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stancy Correll |first1=Diana |title=Decommissioned guided-missile frigate Curts sunk during Valiant Shield exercise |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/09/21/decommissioned-guided-missile-frigate-curts-sunk-during-valiant-shield-exercise/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Navy Times |date=22 September 2020}}</ref>
*{{THA}}: Two former U.S. Navy ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates were allocated by the U.S. government to the [[Royal Thai Navy]],{{when|date=January 2021}} subject to acceptance by the Thai government: the former {{USS|Rentz|FFG-46|6}} and {{USS|Vandegrift|FFG-48|6}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3470|title=H.R.3470 - 113th Congress (2013-2014): To affirm the importance of the Taiwan Relations Act, to provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries, and for other purposes|date=8 April 2014}}</ref> This transfer was not carried out; ''Rentz'' was sunk as a target during Exercise Valiant Shield 2016,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=96657|title=SINKEX Conducted During Valiant Shield 2016|last=Affairs|first=This story was written by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sara B. Sexton, Commander, Task Force 70 Public|access-date=2017-01-04|archive-date=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123133608/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=96657|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''Vandegrift'' was sunk as a target during Exercise Valiant Shield 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bahtić |first1=Fatima |title=US Navy destroys Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate during sinking exercise |url=https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/06/21/us-navy-destroys-oliver-hazard-perry-class-frigate-during-sinking-exercise/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Naval Today |date=21 June 2022}}</ref>
*{{UKR}}: Two former U.S. Navy ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class ships were offered to the [[Ukrainian Navy]] in 2018 to increase its operational capacity in the [[Sea of Azov|Azov]] and [[Black Sea|Black]] seas after it was significantly reduced following the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea by Russia]] (a large part of Ukrainian navy vessels stationed there were seized).<ref>[https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/546416.html U.S. offers two decommissioned frigates to Ukrainian Navy - Voronchenko], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (20 November 2018)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sivtelegram.media/the-united-states-proposed-the-transfer-of-the-ukrainian-navy-modern-frigate/55116/ |title=The United States proposed the transfer of the Ukrainian Navy modern frigate &#124; the Sivertelegram |access-date=2018-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001522/https://sivtelegram.media/the-united-states-proposed-the-transfer-of-the-ukrainian-navy-modern-frigate/55116/ |archive-date=2018-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Former operators===
*{{AUS}} ({{sclass|Adelaide|frigate|4}}): The [[Royal Australian Navy]] purchased six frigates.{{when|date=January 2021}} Four of them were built in the United States, while the other two were built in Australia. Four of the ships were upgraded with the addition of an eight-cell Mk 41 VLS with 32 ESSMs, and the [[RIM-66 Standard|Standard Missile]] SM-2, plus upgraded [[radar]]s and [[sonar]]s, while the other two ships were decommissioned at that time. They have been replaced by the {{sclass|Hobart|destroyer|0}} air-warfare destroyers, with the last Adelaide-class frigate {{HMAS|Melbourne|FFG 05|6}} retiring on 26 October 2019.
*{{Flagcountry|United States|1960}}: The U.S. Navy commissioned 51 FFG-7 class frigates between 1977 and 1989. The last of these, ''Simpson'', was decommissioned on 29 September 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1300&ct=4 | title=Frigates - FFG | publisher=US Navy | date=29 September 2015 | access-date=6 October 2015 | archive-date=2 November 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102174749/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1300&ct=4 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== List of vessels ==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Ship name
!Hull no.
!Hull length
!Builder
!Commission–<br />decommission
!Fate
!Link
|-
!colspan=8| U.S.-built
|-
|{{USS|Oliver Hazard Perry||2}}
|FFG-7
|Short
|[[Bath Iron Works]]
|1977–1997
|Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 21 April 2006
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG7}}]
|-
|{{USS|McInerney||2}}
|FFG-8
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1979–2010
|Transferred to [[Pakistan Navy]] as [[USS McInerney|PNS ''Alamgir'' (F260)]], 31 August 2010<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=55714 "US, Pakistan Navies Come Together for Ceremony"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124094913/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=55714 |date=24 November 2016 }}, NNS100901-09, Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Jacob Sippel, Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Detachment Southeast, 1 September 2010</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG8}}]
|-
|{{USS|Wadsworth|FFG-9|2}}
|FFG-9
|Short
|[[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division]], (Todd, San Pedro)
|1980–2002
|Transferred to [[Polish Navy]] as [[ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko|ORP ''Gen. T. Kościuszko'' (273)]], 28 June 2002<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=60972 "Wadsworth Finds New Life in Polish Navy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124095511/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=60972 |date=24 November 2016 }}, NNS110613-05, Ensign Adam Demeter, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs, 13 June 2011</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG9}}]
|-
|{{USS|Duncan|FFG-10|2}}
|FFG-10
|Short
|[[Todd Pacific Shipyards]], Seattle Division
|1980–1994
|Transferred to [[Turkish Naval Forces]] as a [[parts hulk]], 5 April 1999. Scuttled October 2017<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yaylalı|first=Devrim|date=2017-10-06|title=The Sinking Of Ex-USS Duncan|url=https://turkishnavy.net/2017/10/06/the-sinking-of-ex-uss-duncan/ |access-date=2020-10-21|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Frigate Photo Index FFG-10 USS DUNCAN|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0710.htm |access-date=2020-10-21|website=navsource.org}}</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG10}}] [https://web.archive.org/web/20240822102047/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_FFG_10.HTML Archived nvr.navy.mil website]
|-
|[[ORP Gen. K. Pułaski|''Clark'']]
|FFG-11
|Short
|Bath Iron Works
|1980–2000
|Transferred to Polish Navy as [[ORP Gen. K. Pułaski|ORP ''Gen. K. Pułaski'' (272)]], 15 March 2000
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG11}}]
|-
|{{USS|George Philip|FFG-12|2}}
|FFG-12
|Short
|Todd, San Pedro
|1980–2003
|Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 23 January 2017<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=6399 "USS George Philip Decommissioned"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124095211/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=6399 |date=24 November 2016 }}, NNS030328-14, Ensign Russell Childress, Commander, Navy Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs, 28 March 2003</ref><ref name="BremertonMothballFleet" />
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG12}}]
|-
|{{USS|Samuel Eliot Morison|FFG-13|2}}
|FFG-13
|Short
|Bath Iron Works
|1980–2002
|Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces as [[USS_Samuel_Eliot_Morison#TCG_G%C3%B6kova_(F_496)|TCG ''Gokova'' (F 496)]], 11 April 2002<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=1341 "Decommissioned U.S. Navy Ship Lives On in Turkish Fleet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124100302/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=1341 |date=24 November 2016 }}, NNS020416-08, Naval Surface Force Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs, 16 April 2002</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG13}}]
|-
|{{USS|Sides|FFG-14|2}}
|FFG-14
|Short
|Todd, San Pedro
|1981–2003
|Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 25 January 2016<ref name="BremertonMothballFleet">[http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local/bremerton-mothball-fleet-continues-to-diminish-ep-1062901304-354757201.html "Bremerton mothball fleet continues to diminish"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124093833/http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local/bremerton-mothball-fleet-continues-to-diminish-ep-1062901304-354757201.html |date=24 November 2016 }}, Kitsap Sun Staff, ''[[Kitsap Sun]]'', 30 April 2015</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG14}}]
|-
|{{USS|Estocin||2}}
|FFG-15
|Short
|Bath Iron Works
|1981–2003
|Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces as [[USS Estocin#TCG Göksu (F 497)|TCG ''Goksu'' (F497)]], 3 April 2003<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=6708 "USS Estocin Decommissioned"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124100251/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=6708 |date=24 November 2016 }}, NNS030406-02, Naval Station Mayport Public Affairs, 6 April 2003</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG15}}]
|-
|{{USS|Clifton Sprague||2}}
|FFG-16
|Short
|Bath Iron Works
|1981–1995
|Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces as [[USS_Clifton_Sprague#TCG_Gaziantep_(F_490)|TCG ''Gaziantep'' (F490)]], 27 August 1997
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG16}}]
|-
|built for [[Royal Australian Navy]] as {{HMAS|Adelaide|FFG 01|6}}
|FFG-17
|Short
|Todd, Seattle
|1980–2008
|Disposed, sunk as diving & fishing reef, 13 April 2011<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/hmas-adelaide-sunk-off-avoca-coast-after-dolphin-delay/story-e6frg6nf-1226038460955 "HMAS Adelaide sunk off Avoca coast after dolphin delay"], AAP, ''[[The Australian]]'', 13 April 2011</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG17}}]
|-
|built for Royal Australian Navy as {{HMAS|Canberra|FFG 02|6}}
|FFG-18
|Short
|Todd, Seattle
|1981–2005
|Disposed, sunk as diving & fishing reef, 4 October 2009<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-10-04/hmas-canberra-scuttled-off-victoria/1090900 "HMAS Canberra scuttled off Victoria"], ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'', 4 October 2009</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG18}}]
|-
|{{USS|John A. Moore||2}}
|FFG-19
|Short
|Todd, San Pedro
|1981–2000
|Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces as [[USS_John_A._Moore#TCG_Gediz_(F_495)|TCG ''Gediz'' (F495)]], 1 September 2000
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG19}}]
|-
|{{USS|Antrim|FFG-20|2}}
|FFG-20
|Short
|Todd, Seattle
|1981–1996
|Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces as [[USS Antrim (FFG-20)#TCG Giresun (F 491)|TCG ''Giresun'' (F491)]], 27 August 1997
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG20}}]
|-
|{{USS|Flatley||2}}
|FFG-21
|Short
|Bath Iron Works
|1981–1996
|Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces as [[USS Flatley#TCG Gemlik (F 492)|TCG ''Gemlik'' (F492)]], 27 August 1998
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG21}}]
|-
|{{USS|Fahrion||2}}
|FFG-22
|Short
|Todd, Seattle
|1982–1998
|Transferred to [[Egyptian Navy]] as [[USS Fahrion|''Sharm El-Sheik'' (F901)]], 15 March 1998
||[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG22}}]
|-
|{{USS|Lewis B. Puller|FFG-23|2}}
|FFG-23
|Short
|Todd, San Pedro
|1982–1998
|Transferred to Egyptian Navy as [[USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23)|''Toushka'' (F906)]], 18 September 1998
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG23}}]
|-
|{{USS|Jack Williams|FFG-24|2}}
|FFG-24
|Short
|Bath Iron Works
|1981–1996
|Transferred to [[Royal Bahrain Naval Force]] as {{ship|RBNS|Sabha|FFG-90}}, 13 September 1996
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG24}}]
|-
|{{USS|Copeland|FFG-25|2}}
|FFG-25
|Short
|Todd, San Pedro
|1982–1996
|Transferred to Egyptian Navy as [[USS Copeland (FFG-25)|''Mubarak'' (F911)]], 18 September 1996, renamed ''Alexandria'' in 2011
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG25}}]
|-
|{{USS|Gallery|FFG-26|2}}
|FFG-26
|Short
|Bath Iron Works
|1981–1996
|Transferred to Egyptian Navy as [[USS Gallery (FFG-26)|''Taba'' (F916)]], 25 September 1996
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG26}}]
|-
|{{USS|Mahlon S. Tisdale||2}}
|FFG-27
|Short
|Todd, San Pedro
|1982–1996
|Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces as [[USS Mahlon S. Tisdale#TCG Gökçeada (F 494)|TCG ''Gokceada'' (F494)]], 5 April 1999
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG27}}]
|-
|{{USS|Boone||2}}
|FFG-28
|Long
|Todd, Seattle
|1982–2012
|Disposed, sunk as target, 7 September 2022<ref>[https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3168366/uk-and-us-conduct-sinkex-during-atlantic-thunder-22/ "U.K. and U.S. conduct SINKEX during Atlantic Thunder 22"], ''[[United States Navy]]'', 23 September 2022</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG28}}]
|-
|{{USS|Stephen W. Groves|FFG-29|2}}
|FFG-29
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1982–2012
|Decommissioned, to be disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 24 February 2012<ref name="Inactiveships">{{cite web|title=SEA 21 Navy Inactive Ships Office|url=https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/Team-Ships/NAVSEA-21/InactiveShips/|access-date=22 November 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://jacksonville.com/military/mayport-mirror/2012-02-29/story/crew-departs-uss-stephen-w-groves "Crew Departs USS Stephen W. Groves"], Staff, ''[[The Florida Times-Union]]'', 29 February 2012</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG29}}]
|-
|{{USS|Reid|FFG-30|2}}
|FFG-30
|Short
|Todd, San Pedro
|1983–1998
|Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces as [[USS Reid (FFG-30)#TCG Gelibolu (F 493)|TCG ''Gelibolu'' (F 493)]], 5 January 1999
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG30}}]
|-
|{{USS|Stark|FFG-31|2}}
|FFG-31
|Short
|Todd, Seattle
|1982–1999
|Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 21 June 2006
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG31}}]
|-
|{{USS|John L. Hall||2}}
|FFG-32
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1982–2012
|Decommissioned, to be disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 9 March 2012<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://jacksonville.com/news/florida/2012-03-09/story/always-victorious-always-ready-mayport-frigate-hall-decommissioned "Always victorious, always ready, Mayport frigate Hall decommissioned"], Jeff Brumley, ''[[The Florida Times-Union]]'', 9 March 2012</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG32}}]
|-
|{{USS|Jarrett||2}}
|FFG-33
|Long
|Todd, San Pedro
|1983–2011
|Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 1 August 2016<ref name="BremertonMothballFleet" />
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG33}}]
|-
|{{USS|Aubrey Fitch||2}}
|FFG-34
|Short
|Bath Iron Works
|1982–1997
|Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 19 May 2005
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG34}}]
|-
|built for Royal Australian Navy as {{HMAS|Sydney|FFG 03|6}}
|FFG-35
|Long
|Todd, Seattle
|1983–2015
|Scrapped 2017<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-07/hmas-sydney-retires-after-32-years-service/6921236 "HMAS Sydney decommissioned after 32 years of service"], ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'', 30 November 2015</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Seiler|first=Melissa|date=May 30, 2017|title=Ex-HMAS Sydney not to be sunk for artificial reef but to be scrapped instead|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/southern-courier/plan-to-convert-exhmas-sydney-into-artifical-reef-changes-course-as-vessel-towed-away-to-be-scrapped/news-story/04339456e15de3bfaa4260b007c0fb26|access-date=2021-03-22|website=dailytelegraph|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.birdon.com.au/portfolio/ex-hmas-sydney/|title=Ex-HMAS Sydney|website=Birdon}}</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG35}}]
|-
|{{USS|Underwood|FFG-36|2}}
|FFG-36
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1983–2013
|Decommissioned, to be disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 8 March 2013<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://jacksonville.com/military/mayport-mirror/2013-03-13/story/farewell-uss-underwood-3 "Farewell USS Underwood"], Lieutenant (junior grade) Kellye Quirk, USS ''Underwood'' Public Affairs, 13 March 2013</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG36}}]
|-
|{{USS|Crommelin|FFG-37|2}}
|FFG-37
|Long
|Todd, Seattle
|1983–2012
|Disposed of as target during RIMPAC 2016 SINKEX, 19 July 2016<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=95786 "Second RIMPAC Sinking Exercise Concludes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722115407/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=95786 |date=22 July 2016 }}, NNS160721-02, Rim of the Pacific Public Affairs, 21 July 2016</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG37}}]
|-
|{{USS|Curts|FFG-38|2}}
|FFG-38
|Long
|Todd, San Pedro
|1983–2013
|Disposed of as target during Valiant Shield 2020 SINKEX, 19 September 2020<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stancy Correll |first1=Diana |title=Decommissioned guided-missile frigate Curts sunk during Valiant Shield exercise |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/09/21/decommissioned-guided-missile-frigate-curts-sunk-during-valiant-shield-exercise/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Navy Times |date=22 September 2020}}</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG38}}]
|-
|{{USS|Doyle|FFG-39|2}}
|FFG-39
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1983–2011
|Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 12 June 2019<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://jacksonville.com/military/jax-air-news/2011-08-03/story/fair-winds-uss-doyle "Fair Winds, USS Doyle"], Ensign Benjamin Carroll, USS ''Doyle'' Public Affairs, 3 August 2011</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG39}}]
|-
|{{USS|Halyburton|FFG-40|2}}
|FFG-40
|Long
|Todd, Seattle
|1984–2014
|Decommissioned, on hold for donation<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.goerie.com/story/news/local/2021/11/22/oliver-hazard-perry-class-frigate-erie-pa-presque-isle-bay-project-joe-pfadt-mike-kelly-navy/8638296002/ |title= Floating warship museum still eyed for Presque Isle Bay |website= goerie.com |date= November 21, 2021 |access-date= November 23, 2021 }}</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG40}}]
|-
|{{USS|McClusky|FFG-41|2}}
|FFG-41
|Long
|Todd, San Pedro
|1983–2015
|Disposed of as target during RIMPAC 2018 SINKEX, 19 July 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=RIMPAC participants sink another ship in live-fire event |url=https://www.navaltoday.com/2018/07/20/rimpac-participants-sink-another-ship-in-live-fire-event/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Naval Today |date=20 July 2018}}</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG41}}]
|-
|{{USS|Klakring||2}}
|FFG-42
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1983–2013
|Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 22 March 2013<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=72883 "USS Klakring Decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124095800/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=72883 |date=24 November 2016 }}, NNS130322-14, Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sean Allen, 4th Fleet Public Affairs, 22 March 2013</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG42}}]
|-
|{{USS|Thach|FFG-43|2}}
|FFG-43
|Long
|Todd, San Pedro
|1984–2013
|Disposed of as target during RIMPAC 2016 SINKEX, 14 July 2016<ref>[https://www.dvidshub.net/news/204149/rimpac-units-participate-sinking-exercise "RIMPAC Units Participate in Sinking Exercise"], Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, 14 July 2016</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG43}}]
|-
|built for Royal Australian Navy as {{HMAS|Darwin|FFG 04|6}}
|FFG-44
|Long
|Todd, Seattle
|1984–2017
|Decommissioned 9 December 2017
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG44}}]
|-
|{{USS|De Wert|FFG-45|2}}
|FFG-45
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1983–2014
|Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 4 April 2014<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80141 "USS De Wert Decommissioned in Mayport"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124100205/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80141 |date=24 November 2016 }}, NNS140404-17, Ensign Kierstin King, USS ''De Wert'' Public Affairs, 4 April 2014</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG45}}]
|-
|{{USS|Rentz|FFG-46|2}}
|FFG-46
|Long
|Todd, San Pedro
|1984–2014
|Disposed of as target during Valiant Shield 2016 SINKEX, 13 September 2016<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=96657 "SINKEX Conducted During Valiant Shield 2016"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123133608/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=96657 |date=23 November 2016 }}, NNS160914-03, Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sara B. Sexton, Commander, Task Force 70 Public Affairs, 14 September 2016</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG46}}]
|-
|{{USS|Nicholas|FFG-47|2}}
|FFG-47
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1984–2014
|Decommissioned, to be disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 10 March 2014<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=79621 "USS Nicholas Decommissioned"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124095143/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=79621 |date=24 November 2016 }}, NNS140312-13, Lieutenant (junior grade) Christina M. Gibson, USS ''Nicholas'' Public Affairs, 12 March 2014</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG47}}]
|-
|{{USS|Vandegrift|FFG-48|2}}
|FFG-48
|Long
|Todd, Seattle
|1984–2015
|Disposed of as target during Valiant Shield 2022 SINKEX, 17 June 2022<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bahtić |first1=Fatima |title=US Navy destroys Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate during sinking exercise |url=https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/06/21/us-navy-destroys-oliver-hazard-perry-class-frigate-during-sinking-exercise/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Naval Today |date=21 June 2022}}</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG48}}]
|-
|{{USS|Robert G. Bradley|FFG-49|2}}
|FFG-49
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1984–2014
|Decommissioned on 28 March 2014,<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=79963 "Robert G. Bradley is Decommissioned"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124095458/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=79963 |date=24 November 2016 }}, NNS140328-14, Ensign Christopher M. Cate, USS ''Robert G. Bradley'' Public Affairs, 28 March 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.news4jax.com/news/local/mayport-warship-decommissioned_20151107143553676 "Mayport warship decommissioned"], ''[[WJXT|WJXT News4Jax.com]]'', 28 March 2014</ref> to be transferred to [[Royal Bahrain Naval Force]] in late 2019.
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG49}}]
|-
|{{USS|Taylor|FFG-50|2}}
|FFG-50
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1984–2015
|Transferred to Taiwan as ROCS ''Ming-chuan'' (PFG-1112), 9 March 2016<ref>[https://www.dvidshub.net/news/162764/uss-taylor-ffg-50-decommissions "USS Taylor (FFG 50) decommissions"], Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic, 8 May 2015</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG50}}]
|-
|{{USS|Gary|FFG-51|2}}
|FFG-51
|Long
|Todd, San Pedro
|1984–2015
|Transferred to Taiwan as ROCS ''Feng Jia'' (PFG-1115), 9 March 2016<ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=90296 "Final West Coast Frigate, USS Gary, Decommissioned"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331232329/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=90296 |date=31 March 2017 }}, NNS150724-01, Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trevor Welsh, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs, 24 July 2015</ref><ref>[https://news.usni.org/2015/07/24/last-west-coast-frigate-uss-gary-decommissioned-before-sale-to-taiwan "Last West Coast Frigate USS Gary Decommissioned Before Sale to Taiwan"], Sam LaGrone, ''[[United States Naval Institute|USNI News]]'', 24 July 2015</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG51}}]
|-
|{{USS|Carr||2}}
|FFG-52
|Long
|Todd, Seattle
|1985–2013
|Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 13 March 2013<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://www.militarynews.com/norfolk-navy-flagship/news/top_stories/decommissioning-ceremony-held-for-uss-carr-ffg/article_cdd18bf1-513f-5c2c-b776-40eec11b3f09.html "Decommissioning ceremony held for USS Carr (FFG 52)"], Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Darien G. Kenney, ''The Flagship'', Military Newspapers of Virginia, 20 March 2013</ref><ref>[http://wtkr.com/2013/03/13/uss-carr-is-officially-decommissioned-in-special-ceremony-in-norfolk/ "USS Carr is officially decommissioned in special ceremony in Norfolk"], Gabriella DeLuca, [[WTKR]], 13 March 2013</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG52}}]
|-
|{{USS|Hawes|FFG-53|2}}
|FFG-53
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1985–2010
|Decommissioned, to be disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 10 December 2010<ref name="Inactiveships" />
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG53}}]
|-
|{{USS|Ford|FFG-54|2}}
|FFG-54
|Long
|Todd, San Pedro
|1985–2013
|Disposed of as target during Pacific Griffin 2019 SINKEX, 1 October 2019<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Perry frigate USS Ford sunk in live-fire exercise off Guam |url=https://www.navaltoday.com/2019/10/02/former-perry-frigate-uss-ford-sunk-in-live-fire-exercise-off-guam/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Naval Today |date=2 October 2019}}</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG54}}]
|-
|{{USS|Elrod|FFG-55|2}}
|FFG-55
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1985–2015
|Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 30 January 2015<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=85397 "USS Elrod is Decommissioned"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124100031/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=85397 |date=24 November 2016 }}, NNS150130-07, Ensign Mary C. Senoyuit, USS Elrod Public Affairs, 30 January 2015</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG55}}]
|-
|{{USS|Simpson|FFG-56|2}}
|FFG-56
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1985–2015
|Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 29 September 2015<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[https://news.usni.org/2015/09/29/last-oliver-hazard-perry-frigate-uss-simpson-leaves-service-marked-for-foreign-sale "Last Oliver Hazard Perry Frigate USS Simpson Leaves Service, Marked for Foreign Sale"], Sam LaGrone, ''[[United States Naval Institute|USNI News]]'', 29 September 2015</ref><ref>[http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-09-29/story/end-era-navy-retires-uss-simpson-last-modern-ship-sink-enemy-vessel "End of era: Navy retires the USS Simpson, last modern ship to sink an enemy vessel"], Andrew Pantazi, ''[[The Florida Times-Union]]'', 29 September 2015</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG56}}]
|-
|{{USS|Reuben James|FFG-57|2}}
|FFG-57
|Long
|Todd, San Pedro
|1986–2013
|Disposed of as target during live fire missile test, 19 January 2016<ref>[https://news.usni.org/2016/03/07/navy-sinks-former-frigate-uss-reuben-james-in-test-of-new-supersonic-anti-surface-missile "Navy Sinks Former Frigate USS Reuben James in Test of New Supersonic Anti-Surface Missile"], Sam LaGrone, ''[[United States Naval Institute|USNI News]]'', 7 March 2016</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG57}}]
|-
|{{USS|Samuel B. Roberts|FFG-58|2}}
|FFG-58
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1986–2015
|Decommissioned, to be disposed of by scrapping, dismantling, 22 May 2015<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://www.defenseone.com/business/2015/05/uss-samuel-b-roberts-frigate/113614/ "The Once—and Future?—USS Samuel B. Roberts"], Bradley Peniston, ''[[Defense One]]'', 23 May 2015</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG58}}]
|-
|{{USS|Kauffman|FFG-59|2}}
|FFG-59
|Long
|Bath Iron Works
|1987–2015
|Decommissioned, on hold for foreign military sale, 18 September 2015<ref name="Inactiveships" /><ref>[http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=91123 "USS Kauffman to be Decommissioned"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122064009/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=91123 |date=22 November 2016 }}, NNS150917-15, USS ''Kauffman'' Public Affairs, 17 September 2015.</ref><ref>[https://news.usni.org/2015/09/18/frigate-uss-kauffman-decommissions-today-in-norfolk-ship-set-for-foreign-military-sale "Frigate USS Kauffman Decommissions Today in Norfolk, Ship Set for Foreign Military Sale"], Sam LaGrone, ''[[United States Naval Institute|USNI News]]'', 18 September 2015</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG59}}]
|-
|{{USS|Rodney M. Davis||2}}
|FFG-60
|Long
|Todd, San Pedro
|1987–2015
|Disposed of as target during RIMPAC 2022 SINKEX, 12 July 2022<ref>{{cite news |title=Partner Nation Ships and Aircraft Participate in Sinking Exercise |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/425026/partner-nation-ships-and-aircraft-participate-sinking-exercise |work=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |date=July 15, 2022}}</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG60}}]
|-
|{{USS|Ingraham|FFG-61|2}}
|FFG-61
|Long
|Todd, San Pedro
|1989–2014
|Disposed of as target during LSE 21 SINKEX, 15 August 2021<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Forces Conduct Sinking Exercise|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2736525/us-forces-conduct-sinking-exercise/|access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>
|[{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG61}}]
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Ship name
!Hull No.
!Builder
!Commission–<br />Decommission
!Fate
!Link
|-
!colspan=6 | Australian-built
|-
|{{HMAS|Melbourne|FFG 05|6}}
|FFG 05
| rowspan=2|[[Tenix|Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated]] (AMECON), [[Williamstown, Victoria]]
|1992–2019
|Decommissioned. Sold to Chile in 2020
|
|-
|{{HMAS|Newcastle||6}}
|FFG 06
|1993–2019
|Decommissioned. Sold to Chile in 2020
|
|-
!colspan=6 | Spanish-built
|-
|{{ship|Spanish frigate|Santa María||2}}
|F81
| rowspan=6|[[Navantia|Bazan]], [[Ferrol, Spain|Ferrol]]
|1986–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|Spanish frigate|Victoria||2}}
|F82
|1987–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|Spanish frigate|Numancia||2}}
|F83
|1989–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|Spanish frigate|Reina Sofía||2}}
|F84
|1990–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|Spanish frigate|Navarra||2}}
|F85
|1994–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|Spanish frigate|Canarias||2}}
|F86
|1994–
|In active service
|
|-
!colspan=6 | Taiwanese-built (i.e. the Republic of China)
|-
|{{ship|ROCS|Cheng Kung|PFG2-1101|6}}
|PFG-1101
|rowspan=8|[[CSBC Corporation, Taiwan|China Shipbuilding]], [[Kaohsiung]], Taiwan
|1993–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|ROCS|Cheng Ho|PFG2-1103|6}}
|PFG-1103
|1994–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|ROCS|Chi Kuang|PFG2-1105|6}}
|PFG-1105
|1995–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|ROCS|Yueh Fei|PFG2-1106|6}}
|PFG-1106
|1996–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|ROCS|Tzu I|PFG2-1107|6}}
|PFG-1107
|1997–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|ROCS|Pan Chao|PFG2-1108|6}}
|PFG-1108
|1997–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|ROCS|Chang Chien|PFG2-1109|6}}
|PFG-1109
|1998–
|In active service
|
|-
|{{ship|ROCS|Tian Dan|PFG2-1110|6}}
|PFG-1110
|2004–
|In active service
|
|}

==Related legislation==
The Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013<ref name=1683sum>{{cite web|title=S. 1683 - Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1683|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=8 April 2014}}</ref> authorized the transfer of {{USS|Curts|FFG-38|2}} and {{USS|McClusky|FFG-41|2}} to [[Mexican Navy|Mexico]], and the sale of {{USS|Taylor|FFG-50|2}}, {{USS|Gary|FFG-51|2}}, {{USS|Carr||2}}, and {{USS|Elrod|FFG-55|2}} to the [[Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States]] (which is the Taiwan agency designated under the [[Taiwan Relations Act]]) for about $10&nbsp;million each.<ref name=3470cbo>{{cite web|title=H.R. 3470 - CBO|url=http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/hr3470.pdf|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|access-date=5 April 2014}}</ref>

==Considered for reactivation==
On 13 June 2017, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John M. Richardson said the Navy was looking into the possibility of recommissioning several ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates from its inactive fleet to support President [[Donald Trump]]'s proposed 355-ship navy plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2017/06/16/cno-richardson-perry-frigates-inactive-hulls-navy-considering-returning-active-fleet-ddg-life-extension-study-underway|title=CNO Richardson: Perry Frigates Only Inactive Hulls Navy Considering Returning to Active Fleet; DDG Life Extension Study Underway|date=16 June 2017|website=News.usni.org|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref> On 11 December 2017, the Navy decided against reactivating the class, saying it would cost too much.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2017/12/11/secnav-memo-navy-wont-reactivate-perry-frigates-southcom-mission-will-send-ships-fight-drug-war-2018|title=Navy Won't Reactivate Perry Frigates for SOUTHCOM Mission|date=11 December 2017|website=News.usni.org|access-date=16 February 2019}}</ref>

As of 8 September 2022, the decommissioned but extant ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates, kept at the [[Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], were:

* {{USS|Robert G. Bradley|FFG-49}}
* {{USS|Carr|FFG-52}}
* {{USS|De Wert|FFG-45}}
* {{USS|Elrod|FFG-55}}
* {{USS|Stephen W. Groves|FFG-29}}
* {{USS|John L. Hall|FFG-32}}
* {{USS|Halyburton|FFG-40}}
* {{USS|Hawes|FFG-53}}
* {{USS|Kauffman|FFG-59}}
* {{USS|Klakring|FFG-42}}
* {{USS|Nicholas|FFG-47}}
* {{USS|Samuel B. Roberts|FFG-58}}
* {{USS|Simpson|FFG-56}}
* {{USS|Underwood|FFG-36}}

==See also==
* [[List of naval ship classes in service]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book
|author=Bruhn, David D., Steven C. Saulnier, and James L. Whittington
|title=Ready to Answer All Bells: A Blueprint for Successful Naval Engineering
|location=Annapolis
|publisher=Naval Institute Press
|year=1997
|isbn=1-55750-227-7}}
*{{cite book
|author=Friedman, Norman
|title=U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History
|location=Annapolis
|publisher=Naval Institute Press
|year=1982
|isbn=0-87021-733-X}}
*{{cite book|author1=Levinson, Jeffrey L. |author2=Randy L. Edwards |name-list-style=amp
|title=Missile Inbound
|location=Annapolis
|publisher=Naval Institute Press
|year=1997
|isbn=1-55750-517-9}}
*{{cite book
|author=Peniston, Bradley
|title=No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf
|url=http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor
|location=Annapolis
|publisher=Naval Institute Press
|year=2006
|isbn=1-59114-661-5
|access-date=2007-08-31
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712122740/http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/
|archive-date=2006-07-12
|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite book| author=Snow, Ralph L.
|title=Bath Iron Works: The First Hundred Years
|location=Bath, Maine
|publisher=Maine Maritime Museum
|year=1987
|isbn=0-9619449-0-0}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=Steve |title=America's Budget Frigate Programme– The Oliver Hazard Perry Class, Part 1 |journal=Marine News Supplement: Warships |date=November 2022 |volume=76 |issue=11 |pages=S578–S589 |issn=0966-6958}}
*{{cite book
|author=Wise, Harold Lee
|title=Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88
|url=http://www.insidethedangerzone.com
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|year=2007
|isbn=978-1-59114-970-5}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates}}
*[http://destroyerhistory.org/coldwar/oliverhazardperryclass/ ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates] at [http://destroyerhistory.org/ Destroyer History Foundation]
*''[https://archive.org/details/OliverHazardPerryClassFrigatesUnitedStatesNavy Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates: United States Navy]'' Wikipedia book created 20 October 2009 at [[Internet Archive]]
*''[https://archive.org/details/OliverHazardPerryClassFrigates2015 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates 2015: United States Navy]'' Wikipedia book created 22 January 2015 at [[Internet Archive]]
*[http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1300&ct=4 Official U.S. Navy Fact File: Frigates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102174749/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1300&ct=4 |date=2 November 2011 }}
*[https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/ffg-7.htm FFG-7 OLIVER HAZARD PERRY-class: by the Federation of American Scientists]
*[http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/oliver_hazard_perry_class_overview.htm MaritimeQuest Perry Class Overview]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140410092207/http://www.navybook.com/no-higher-honor/timeline/ffg-58-launched-at-bath-iron-works/ Launch of FFG 58]

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