USS Reuben James (FFG-57)

USS Reuben James (FFG-57), Pacific Ocean, port bow view, 5 November 1985.
History
United States
Name	Reuben James
Namesake	Boatswain's Mate Reuben James
Awarded	22 March 1982
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down	19 November 1983
Launched	8 February 1985
Sponsored by	Lois Haight Herrington
Commissioned	22 March 1986
Decommissioned	18 July 2013
Stricken	18 January 2016
Identification	Hull symbol:FFG-57 Code letters:NNRJ
Motto	"Back with a Vengeance"
Fate	Sunk as target 18 January 2016 by USS John Paul Jones
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General characteristics
Class and type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile 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. Mk 38 Mod 2 in place of Mk 13
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60B LAMPS Mk III helicopters
Aviation facilities	2 × hangars RAST helicopter hauldown system

USS Reuben James (FFG-57), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, was the third ship of the U.S. Navy named for Reuben James, a boatswain's mate who distinguished himself fighting the Barbary pirates. Her crew totaled 201 enlisted, 18 chief petty officers, and 26 officers.^[1]