USS Robert G. Bradley

USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49) c. 1980s
History
United States
Namesake	Lieutenant Robert G. Bradley
Awarded	28 April 1980
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	28 December 1982
Launched	13 August 1983
Sponsored by	Mrs. Edna D. Woodruff
Commissioned	30 June 1984
Decommissioned	28 March 2014
Homeport	Mayport, Florida
Identification	MMSI number: 338801000 Callsign: NRGB
Status	Decommissioned (will be transferred to Royal Bahrain Naval Force)
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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)
Draught	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.
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters

USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49) is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, a decommissioned ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Robert G. Bradley (1921–1944), who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism on USS Princeton during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

Robert G. Bradley entered service on 30 June 1984. The ship was homeported in Mayport, Florida. She was decommissioned in Mayport on 28 March 2014. She is planned to enter service with the Royal Bahrain Naval Force as RBNS Khalid bin Ali (91).^[1]