USS Fahrion

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ENS Sharm El-Sheik in the Red Sea in March 2021
History
United States
Name Fahrion
Namesake Admiral Frank George Fahrion (1894–1970)
Ordered 28 February 1977
Builder Todd Pacific ShipyardsSeattle, Washington
Laid down 1 December 1978
Launched 24 August 1979
Sponsored by Mrs. Kathleen Dwyer Fahrion, Admiral Fahrion’s widow
Acquired 29 December 1981
Commissioned 16 January 1982
Decommissioned 31 March 1998
Stricken 31 March 1998
Homeport Mayport, Florida (former)
Identification
Motto “Tenacity”
Fate transferred to Egyptian Navy, 31 March 1998[1]
Badge
Egypt
Name Sharm El-Sheik
Namesake City of Sharm El-Sheik
Acquired 31 March 1998[1]
Identification F901
Status in active service, as of 2018[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length 445 feet (136 m), overall
Beam 45 feet (14 m)
Draft 22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion
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
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
AN/SLQ-32
Armament
Aircraft carried 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I[3]

USS Fahrion (FFG-22), fourteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Admiral Frank George Fahrion (1894–1970).

Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Fahrion was laid down on 1 December 1978, launched on 24 August 1979, and commissioned on 16 January 1982. Transferred to Egypt on 15 March 1998 as ENS Sharm El-Sheik (F901), she was formally decommissioned and stricken on 31 March 1998. As of March 2021,[4] Sharm El-Sheik remained in active service with the Egyptian Navy.[1]

Fahrion (FFG-22) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

Operations and Missions

  • Multinational Peacekeeping Force Beirut Lebanon – Oct. 1983 – March 1984
  • Operation Earnest Will -MEF 2–86
  • Operation Earnest Will -MEF 2–88 (May 1988 – Sept 1988)
  • Baltops 89 (June 1989 – Sept 1989)
  • Great Lakes Cruise (June 1990 – September 1990)
  • Operation Abel Vigil (June 1994 – August 1994)[5]
  • UNITAS 36–95 (27 June 1995[6]-December 1995)
  • Great Lakes Cruise (June 1997 – September 1997)