FFG-29 U.S.S. Stephen W. Groves

       

Class: OLIVER HAZARD PERRY
Displacement: 2,750 Tons Standard, 3,638 Tons Full Load
Dimensions: 445'x45'x14'9"; 24'6"(sonar)
Armament: 1,OTO Melara 3"/62 (single) Mk 75, 1 Vulcan Phlanax CIS, 4-.50 cal. MGs
Missiles: SSM 4 McDonnell Douglas Harpoon & 36 GDC Pomona Standard SM-1MR
1 MK 13 Mod 4 launcher for both, 6-324 mm US Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes
Machinery: 2 General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine; 41,000 shp; 1 shaft, cp propeller, 325 hp retractable propeller pods
Speed: 29 Knots
Crew: 206 (13 officers) includes 19 aircrew

Laid down by Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath, ME - September 16, 1980
Launched April 4, 1981 - Commissioned April 17, 1982
Active in Naval Reserve Force Atlantic Fleet - Homeport: Pascagoula MS.