USS SIMPSON FFG 56 |
Keel Laid: February 27, 1984 Christened: August 31, 1984 Commissioned: November 9, 1985 Decommissioned: September 30, 2015 Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine Propulsion system: 2 General Electric LM-2500 Gas Turbine Engines Length, overall: 453 feet Beam: 45 feet Draft: 24.6 feet Displacement: 4100 tons Speed: 29+ knots Crew: 17 Officers 195 Enlisted Aircraft: two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS MK III) helicopters Armament: - 1 MK-75 3"/62 caliber rapid fire gun |