USS Galvez

Artist rendering of the final Constellation-class design
History
United States
NameGalvez
NamesakeBernardo de Gálvez
Awarded23 May 2024
BuilderFincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Sponsored by
IdentificationHull number: FFG-67
StatusOrdered
General characteristics
Class and typeConstellation-class frigate
Displacement6,700 t (6,594 long tons; 7,385 short tons) full load
Length151.18 m (496.0 ft)
Beam19.81 m (65.0 ft)
Draft7.92 m (26.0 ft)
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 Galvez (FFG-67) will be the sixth Constellation-class guided-missile frigate of the United States Navy. She is the only ship of the Navy to be named for American Revolutionary war figure Bernardo de Gálvez. Gálvez was governor of Spanish Louisiana and a key supporter of the revolution, as he led Spanish forces against the British Army during the war and enabled American independence.[1][2] The name was announced in Madrid alongside the American ambassador and members of the Spanish Navy.[3][4]

The frigate was ordered in 2024 with an estimated cost of $1 billion and was initially estimated to be finished in 2030.[4]

  1. ^ Fernández, Juanjo (22 June 2024). "USS Gálvez: el buque de guerra más moderno de la US Navy tendrá nombre español". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. ^ Cuesta, Pilar de la (22 June 2024). "El militar español Bernardo de Gálvez dará nombre al nuevo buque de guerra de Estados Unidos". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ Shelbourne, Mallory (23 May 2024). "Navy Awards $1B Contract for 5th, 6th Constellation-class Frigates". USNI News. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "SECNAV Names Future Guided Missile Frigate USS Galvez (FFG 67)". United States Navy. Retrieved 21 June 2024.