USS Jack Williams (FFG-24)

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USS Jack Williams (FFG-24)
Career (US)
Ordered:	28 February 1977
Laid down:	25 February 1980
Launched:	30 August 1980
Commissioned:	19 September 1981
Decommissioned:	13 September 1996
Struck:	13 September 1996
Homeport:	Mayport, Florida
Motto:	Guardez Bien
Nickname:	The Arky
Fate:	transferred to Bahrain, 1996
General characteristics
Displacement:	4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:	453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:	45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric azipods for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:	29+ knots (54+ km/h)
Range:	5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (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:	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare and decoys:	AN/SLQ-32
Armament:	As built: One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) Note: As of 2004, Mk13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:	2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters

USS Jack Williams (FFG-24), sixteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Pharmacist's Mate Second Class Jack Williams, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Jack Williams was laid down on 25 February 1980; launched on 30 August 1980; and commissioned on 19 September 1981.

[1981-1996]

Decommissioned and stricken on 13 September 1996, she was transferred to Bahrain the same day and recommissioned as the BANS Sabha (90).

Jack Williams (FFG-24) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

External links

• USS Jack Williams FFG-24 page at NavyVets.com
• navsource.org: USS Jack Williams
• navysite.de: USS Jack Williams
• MaritimeQuest USS Jack Williams FFG-24 pages

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