USS Chesapeake (FFG-64)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Chesapeake.

Artist rendering of the final Constellation-class design
History
United States
NameChesapeake
NamesakeUSS Chesapeake
Awarded16 May 2022[1]
BuilderFincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Sponsored byBarbara Strasser
IdentificationHull number: FFG-64
StatusOrdered
General characteristics
Class and typeConstellation-class frigate
Displacement7,400 short tons (6,700 t)
Length496 ft (151.18 m)
Beam65 ft (19.81 m)
Draft26 ft (7.92 m)
PropulsionCODLAG
Speedin excess of 26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) (electric drive)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Capacity200 accommodations
Complement140 crew
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carried

USS Chesapeake (FFG-64) will be the third Constellation-class guided-missile frigate.[1] The sixth ship in the United States Navy bearing this name,[2] she will be built by Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, with an expected completion date of August 2028.[3] She is named in honor of the first USS Chesapeake, one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy.[2] The ship will be sponsored by Barbara Strasser, the wife of Rear Admiral Joseph C. Strasser.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Chesapeake (FFG-64)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "SECNAV Names Future Vessels while aboard Historic Navy Ship" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ^ "US Navy commissions third Constellation-class frigate". Shephard Media. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.