USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)

USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), navigates in the Caribbean Sea during an exercise, 9 April 2007.
History
United States
Name	Samuel B. Roberts
Namesake	Coxswain Samuel B. Roberts
Awarded	22 March 1982
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	21 May 1984
Launched	8 December 1984
Sponsored by	Mrs. Jack Yusen
Commissioned	12 April 1986
Decommissioned	22 May 2015
Homeport	Mayport, Florida
Identification	Hull symbol: FFG-58 MMSI number: 338943000 Code letters: NSBR
Motto	"No Higher Honor"
Nickname(s)	"Sammy B"
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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)
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; Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament	1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 1 x delivered with 1×Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) currently removed 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60 helicopters as LAMPS III
Aviation facilities	2 × hangars RAST helicopter hauldown system

USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) is one of the final ships in the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided missile frigates (FFG). Commissioned in 1986, the ship was severely damaged by an Iranian mine in 1988, leading U.S. forces to respond with Operation Praying Mantis. Repaired and returned to duty, the ship served until decommissioned in 2015.