USS Fahrion

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).

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 Shipyards, Seattle, 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	Hull symbol:FFG-22 Code letters:NFGF
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[update][1]
General characteristics [2]
Class & 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	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.
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 & 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 & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	As built: 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. 1 × 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, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-2F LAMPS I[3]

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^[update],^[4] Sharm El-Sheik remained in active service with the Egyptian Navy.^[1]

USS Fahrion in American service in 1995.

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)