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USS Hawes (FFG-53) is a later model
Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate.
The contract to build
Hawes was awarded to
Bath Iron Works May 22,
1981, and her keel was laid
August 26,
1983. She was launched
February 18,
1984, delivered
February 1,
1985, and commissioned
February 9,
1984.
- Length: 453 feet overall, 408 feet waterline
- Beam: 47 feet
- Draft: 26 feet maximum, 17 feet limit
- Displacement: 3182 tons light, 4092 tons full, 910 tons dead
- Armament
- Aircraft: One SH-60 LAMPS III
- Propulsion
- Accommodations: 23 officers, 204 enlisted
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