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USS Fahrion (FFG 22)


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




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Second Row: Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy E Ribbon (3) - National Defense Service Medal
Second Row: Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/star - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - CG Special Operations Service Ribbon


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 Shipyard Corp., Seattle WA on 1 December 1978
Launched 24 August 1979, Commissioned 16 January 1982
Assigned to Naval Reserve Force at Charleston SC, 30 September 1988
Decommissioned 31 March 1998, Stricken 31 March 1998

Fate: Transferred as Grant Aid to Egypt, 31 March 1998, renamed Sharm El-Sheikh (F901)

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Fahrion 100k 1 December 1978: Seattle WA - The keel laying ceremony for the guided missile frigate USS Fahrion (FFG 22), takes place at Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-83-11680 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center) Navsource
Fahrion 146k 24 July 1979: Seattle WA - A starboard beam view of Fahrion at 20 percent completion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-84-02788 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 144k 20 August 1979: Seattle WA - The port bow view of Fahrion under construction. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-83-11682 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 123k 24 August 1979: Seattle WA - A view of the port stern section of Fahrion, on the ways during its launching ceremony at Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-83-11688 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 137k 24 August 1979: Seattle WA - A view of guests attending the launching ceremony of Fahrion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-83-11686 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 141k 24 August 1979: Seattle WA - A view of the launching party for Fahrion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-83-11685 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 107k 24 August 1979: Seattle WA - A view of Mrs. Kathleen Dwyer Fahrion (Adm. Fahrion's widow), ship's sponsor, during the launching ceremony of Fahrion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-83-11684 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 125k 24 August 1979: Seattle WA - Mrs. Frank G. Fahrion, sponsor, christens the guided missile frigate USS Fahrion (FFG 22) during the ship's launching ceremony at Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-83-11689 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 104k 24 August 1979: Seattle WA - A stern view of Fahrion sliding down the ways during its launching ceremony. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-83-11690 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 126k 6 October 1981: off Seattle WA - An aerial port beam view of Fahrion as Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation conducts sea trials. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-83-11696 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 154k 6 October 1981: off Seattle WA - An aerial bow view of Fahrion as Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation conducts sea trials. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-83-11692, from the DVIC)
Fahrion 91k 6 October 1981: off Seattle WA - A starboard view of Fahrion underway during sea trials. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-83-11691, from the DVIC)
Fahrion 121k 6 October 1981: off Seattle WA - An aerial port bow view of Fahrion as Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation conducts sea trials. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-83-11695 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 139k 6 October 1981: off Seattle WA - An aerial starboard quarter view of Fahrion as Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation conducts sea trials. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-8-311694 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 108k 29 December 1981: Seattle WA - A high angle bow view of Fahrion at 100 percent completion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-84-02802 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 146k 29 December 1981: Seattle WA - A starboard bow view of Fahrion at 100 percent completion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-84-02801 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 113k 29 December 1981: Seattle WA - A stern bow view of Fahrion at 100 percent completion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SN-84-02800 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the DVIC)
Fahrion 88k 21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A port quarter view of Fahrion underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-86-11618, from the DVIC)
Fahrion 90k 21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A starboard bow view of Fahrion underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-86-11629, from the DVIC)
Fahrion 129k 21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A port bow view of Fahrion underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-86-11619, from the v)
Fahrion 76k 21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A starboard quarter view of Fahrion underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-86-11616, from the DVIC)
Fahrion 77k 21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A starboard beam view of Fahrion underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-86-11617, from the DVIC)
Fahrion 88k 21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A port quarter view of Fahrion underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-86-11618, from the DVIC)
Fahrion 82k 21 October 1985: off Norfolk VA - A right side view of an SH-2F helicopter from the Helicopter Light Antisubmarine Squadron 34 (HSL-34) taking off from the deck of Fahrion during deck landing qualifications. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-86-00875, from the DVIC)
Fahrion 138k 11 October 1993: Port Everglades FL - A port bow view of Fahrion tied to the pier at Port Everglades. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-94-00525 by OS2 John Bouvia, from the DVIC)
Fahrion 132k 11 October 1993: Port Everglades FL - A port bow view of Fahrion tied to the pier at Port Everglades. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-94-00524 by OS2 John Bouvia, from the DVIC)
FFG-22 USS Fahrion 110 4 July 1994: at Eastport, Maine Wendell McLaughlin
Fahrion 174k 28 January 1996: Norfolk VA - Aerial view of destroyer and submarine (D&S) pier 23 at the naval base. Moored to the south side of the pier is the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS Mississippi (CGN 40) with the Naval Reserve Force guided missile frigate Fahrion moored outboard. Forward of CGN 40 is an unidentified Spruance class destroyer. (US Navy photo, DVID #DN-SC-97-00619 by Robert Sitar, from the DVIC) Navsource

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USS Fahrion FFG 22 History
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Additional Resources

USS Fahrion Page on Military.Com
USS Fahrion Page on Navysite
Tin Can Sailors - USS Fahrion Crew Listing

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