Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate for the United States Navy
Length:  453'
Beam:  47'
Depth:  30'
Draft:  14'-6"
Displacement: 2,946 (light ship), 3,800 (full load)
Other Data: 2 geared gas turbines, 40,000 horsepower, single screw, single rudder, 2 masts, 1 stack, aluminum deckhouse. 

Keel laid May 17,1980, launched December 20,1980, delivered November 20,1981, commissioned December 5,1981. 

Reached 28.5 knots on trials. Complement of 17 officers and 198 enlisted. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet.