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FFG 47 - USS Nicholas (HULL 388)

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 September 27,1982, launched April 23,1983, delivered February 24,1984, commissioned October 3,1984. 

Reached 28.5 knots on trials. Complement of 17 officers and 198 enlisted. In Persian Gulf War captured the first 12 Iraqi prisoners of war.

FFG 47