USS Gary (FFG-51)

USS Gary (FFG-51), leaves Pearl Harbor in July 2014.
History
United States
Name	Gary
Namesake	Commander Donald A. Gary
Awarded	22 May 1981
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down	18 December 1982
Launched	19 November 1983
Commissioned	17 November 1984
Decommissioned	5 August 2015
Homeport	Naval Base San Diego
Identification	Hull symbol: FFG-51 Code letters: NDAG
Motto	"Freedom's Foremost Guardian"
Nickname(s)	"Two Guns"
Fate	Sold to Taiwan
Badge
Taiwan
Name	Feng Jia (逢甲)
Namesake	Chiu Feng-chia
Acquired	13 March 2017
Commissioned	8 November 2018
Identification	Pennant number: PFG-1115
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length	453 feet (138 m), overall
Beam	45 feet (14 m)
Draft	22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.
Speed	over 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement	15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	As built: 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. 1 × Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) Note: As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class. **However, the Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher has been removed (as with all other US Navy frigates) due to the weapons system becoming obsolete.
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
Aviation facilities	2 × hangars RAST helicopter hauldown system

USS Gary (FFG-51) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in the United States Navy. She was named for Medal of Honor recipient Commander Donald A. Gary (1903–1977).

Gary was laid down on 18 December 1982 at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California; launched on 19 November 1983, co-sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy G. Gary, widow of the late Cmdr. Gary, and Mrs. Joyce Leamer, the late Medal of Honor recipient's niece;^[1] and commissioned on 17 November 1984 at Naval Station Long Beach.^[2] The Gary was decommissioned from the US Navy on 5 August 2015 with the Taiwanese crew taking possession on 13 March 2017, and arrived at the ROCN Zuoying Naval Base on 13 May. She was formally commissioned into ROCN as the ROCS Feng Jia (PFG-1115) on 8 November 2018.