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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)

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
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 #DNSN8311680 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
146k	24 July 1979: Seattle WA - A starboard beam view of *Fahrion* at 20 percent completion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8402788 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
144k	20 August 1979: Seattle WA - The port bow view of *Fahrion* under construction. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8311682 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
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 #DNSN8311688* by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
137k	24 August 1979: Seattle WA - A view of guests attending the launching ceremony of *Fahrion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8311686* by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
141k	24 August 1979: Seattle WA - A view of the launching party for *Fahrion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8311685* by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
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 #DNSN8311684* by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
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 #DNSN8311689 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
104k	24 August 1979: Seattle WA - A stern view of *Fahrion* sliding down the ways during its launching ceremony. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8311690 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
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 #DNSC8311696 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
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 #DNSC8311692, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
91k	6 October 1981: off Seattle WA - A starboard view of *Fahrion* underway during sea trials. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8311691, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
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 #DNSC8311695 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
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 #DNSC8311694 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
108k	29 December 1981: Seattle WA - A high angle bow view of *Fahrion* at 100 percent completion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8402802 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
146k	29 December 1981: Seattle WA - A starboard bow view of *Fahrion* at 100 percent completion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8402801 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
113k	29 December 1981: Seattle WA - A stern bow view of *Fahrion* at 100 percent completion. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSN8402800 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
88k	21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A port quarter view of *Fahrion* underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8611618, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
90k	21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A starboard bow view of *Fahrion* underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8611629, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
129k	21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A port bow view of *Fahrion* underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8611619, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
76k	21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A starboard quarter view of *Fahrion* underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8611616, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
77k	21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A starboard beam view of *Fahrion* underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8611617, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
88k	21 February 1985: off Norfolk VA - A port quarter view of *Fahrion* underway off the Virginia Capes. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC8611618, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
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 #DNSC8600875, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
138k	11 October 1993: Port Everglades FL - A port bow view of *Fahrion* tied to the pier at Port Everglades. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC9400525 by OS2 John Bouvia, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
132k	11 October 1993: Port Everglades FL - A port bow view of *Fahrion* tied to the pier at Port Everglades. (US Navy photo, DVID #DNSC9400524 by OS2 John Bouvia, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource
110	4 July 1994: at Eastport, Maine	Wendell McLaughlin
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 #DNSC9700619 by Robert Sitar, from the Defense Visual Information Center)	NavSource

Fahrion Memoribilia
Navy Times Ship in the Spotlight © Mario DeMarco Courtesy of Mike Smolinski

USS Fahrion FFG 22 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

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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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