USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7)

USS "Oliver Hazard Perry" (FFG-7), lead ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval hero, who was victorious at the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 30 October 1973 as part of the FY73 program, "Oliver Hazard Perry" was laid down on 12 June 1975, launched on 25 September 1976, and commissioned on 17 December 1977. She was ordered as PFG-109 but redesignated FFG-7 in the 1975 fleet designation realignment on 1 June 1975, before she was laid down. Decommissioned on 20 February 1997, in Mayport, FL under the last Commanding Officer, CDR Robert F. Holman, USNR. Stricken on 3 May 1999, "Oliver Hazard Perry" and scrapped as of December 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"Oliver Hazard Perry" (FFG-7) was the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy.

The "Stark", struck by an Iraqi-launched Exocet missile in the mid-1980s, was a "Perry"-class frigate.

For other ships named for Perry "see": USS Perry.

External links

* [http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg7.shtml Photos of USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG 7)]
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/oliver_hazard_perry_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7 pages]
* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/FFG7.htm NVR FFG-7]
* [http://www.usnavylinks.com/FFG-7 FFG-7 Internet Links]