USS Simpson (FFG-56)

USS Simpson (FFG-56)
Guided missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG-56) during maneuvering exercises in the Atlantic Ocean, (2007).
USS Simpson in April 2007
History
United States
NamesakeRear Admiral Rodger W. Simpson
Awarded22 March 1982
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down27 February 1984
Launched31 August 1984
Sponsored byMrs. Grace Fowles-Simpson
Acquired13 September 1985
Commissioned21 September 1985
Decommissioned29 September 2015
HomeportN.S. Mayport, Florida
Identification
Motto
  • "Attaquer en Vigueur"
  • ("Attack with Vigor")
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeOliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length453 ft (138 m)
Beam45 feet (14 m)
Draft22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion
Speedover 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus air detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × SH-60B LAMPS III helicopter
Aviation facilities

USS Simpson (FFG-56) is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Rodger W. Simpson.