USS Chesapeake (FFG-64)
 Artist rendering of the final Constellation-class design
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Chesapeake |
| Namesake | USS Chesapeake |
| Builder | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Sponsored by | Barbara Strasser |
| Identification | FFG-64 |
| Status | Proposed |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Constellation-class frigate |
| Displacement | 7,400 short tons (6,700 t) |
| Length | 496 ft (151.18 m) |
| Beam | 65 ft (19.81 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.92 m) |
| Propulsion | CODLAG |
| Speed | in excess of 26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) (electric drive) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2x rigid-hulled inflatable boats |
| Capacity | 200 accommodations |
| Complement | 140 crew |
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USS Chesapeake (FFG-64) will be the third ship of the Constellation class of guided-missile frigates and the sixth ship in the United States Navy bearing this name.[1] She is named in honor of the first USS Chesapeake, one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy.[1] The ship will be sponsored by Barbara Strasser, the wife of Rear Admiral Joseph C. Strasser.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "SECNAV Names Future Vessels while aboard Historic Navy Ship". United States Navy (in American English). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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