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FFG 59 - USS Kauffman (HULL 395)

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 April 8,1985, launched March 29,1986, delivered February 13,1987, commissioned February 21,1987 at B.I.W. 

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

FFG 59 - Sea Trials