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USS George Philip (FFG 12)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - S - G - P
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Navy E Ribbon /4 - National Defense Service Medal - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/2 stars


Class: Oliver Hazard Perry As Built (Short Hull)
Displacement: 2750 tons (std), 3605 tons (full)    Dimensions: 445' (oa) x 45' x 14' 9"; 24' 6" (sonar)
Armament: 1 OTO Melara 3"/62 cal. Mk 75, 1 Vulcan Phalanx CIS, 4-.50 cal. MGs,1 Mk 13 Mod 4 launcher,
4 SSM McDonnell-Douglas Harpoon missiles, 36 GDC-Pomona Standard SM-1MR missiles,
6-324mm Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes / Mk 46 torpedoes, 2 hangars / 1 SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS MkI helo
Machinery: 2 GE LM 2500 gas turbine engines; 41,000 shp; 1 shaft, cp propeller, 325 hp retractable propeller pods
Speed: 29 Knots    Crew: 13/206 (includes 19 air detachment)
Radars: AN/SPS-55 (surface), AN/SPS-49 (air)
Sonars: AN/SQS-56, AN/SQR-19 TACTAS (towed array)

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Todd Shipyards Corp., San Pedro CA on 14 December 1977
Launched 16 December 1978, Commissioned 10 October 1980
Assigned to Naval Reserve Force at Long Beach CA, 18 January 1986
Decommissioned 28 March 2003

Fate: retained as Category "B" Mobilization Asset,
to be transferred to Portugal

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George Philip 199k 5 May 1982: at sea - An aerial starboard bow view of the George Philip, foreground, and Wadsworth (FFG 9) underway during sea trials. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-83-07301 by Bath Iron Works, from the Defense Visual Information Center) NavSource
George Philip 161k 5 May 1982: at sea - An aerial starboard beam view of the George Philip underway during sea trials. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SN-83-07307 by Bath Iron Works, from the Defense Visual Information Center) NavSource
George Philip 134k 20 June 1984: San Diego Harbor - Port side view of the George Philip preparing to pass beneath the Coronado Bridge. (US Navy photo DVID #DN-SC-85-01742 by PHC O'Connor, from the Defense Visual Information Center) NavSource
George Philip 158k 1 December 1993: San Diego CA - GSE1 Wilton Law checks the clearance between the blades on a gas turbine engine on board the Naval Reserve Force guided missile frigate USS George Philip during routine maintenance. (US Navy photo #DN-ST-95-00252by PH2 Eric A. Clement, from the Navy Newstand) Bill Gonyo
George Philip 300k 29 June 1997: George Philip underway off the coast of Camp Pendleton, California in support of Exercise Kernel Blitz '97. The George Philip's home port was Naval Station, San Diego, California. (US Navy photo #970629-N-0485L-008 from the Navy Newstand) Bill Gonyo
George Philip 76k 14 February 2002: At sea - A Standard SM-1 surface-to-air missile is launched from the ship’s forward missile rail. during training exercises off the California coast. (US Navy photo #020214-N-4319P-001 by PH2 Kenneth Pace, from the Navy Newstand) NavSource
George Philip 97k 11 September 2002: Cairns, Australia - SM3 Sean Polidore of Franklin LA, raises the "Navy Jack" in lieu of the "Union Jack" aboard George Philip during the ship's morning flag raising ceremony. The guided-missile frigate, on a routine deployment in the 7th Fleet area of operations, is 14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (U.S.), which gives the Sailors aboard the ship the honor of being the first to raise the "Navy Jack." Under direction of the Secretary of the Navy, Gordon R. England, all U.S. Navy ships will fly the Navy Jack in place of the Union Jack for the duration of the war on terrorism. The Navy Jack is a flag consisting of a rattlesnake superimposed across thirteen horizontal alternating red and white stripes, with the motto, Don’t Tread on Me. Previously, only the oldest active commissioned ship, USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), was authorized to fly the "Navy Jack." The temporary substitution of the "Navy Jack" serves as a historic reminder of the United States' and U.S. Navy's origin, as well as the will of its people to persevere and triumph. (US Navy photo #020911-N-0000H-001 by HMC Gary Mihalko, from the Navy Newstand) NavSource

USS George Philip FFG-12 History
Note: History is unavailable at this time
This class of ship was built too late to be covered by the DANFS project

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None
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