USS Rentz (FFG-46) Specifications

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Class overview
Namesake:	Chaplain George S. Rentz
Builders:	Todd Pacific Shipyards Corps.
Operator:	United States Navy
Motto:	Dread Naught
Ship number:	46
In commission:	June 30, 1984
Active:	1
Laid down:	September 18, 1982
Launched:	July 16, 1983
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Neil F. Lansing, daughter of Chaplain Rentz
Commissioned:	June 30, 1984
In service:	In active service, as of 2011
Homeport:	Naval Base San Diego
General characteristics
Class and type:	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement:	4,100 tons
Length:	453 feet
Beam:	45 feet
Draft:	24.6 feet
Propulsion:	2 General Electric LM2500-30 gas-powered turbines generating 41,000 hp through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller. 2 Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp w/ retractable electric azipods for maneuvering and docking.
Speed:	Over 29 knots
Range:	5,000 nautical miles
Sailors Aboard:	17 officers and 195 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPS - 49 air search radar AN/SPS - 55 surface search radar CAS & STIR fire control radar AN/SQS - 56 sonar
Electronic warfare and decoys:	AN/SLQ - 32
Armament:	1 MK-75 3"/62 caliber rapid fire gun 1 MK-15 MOD 1 Close-in-Weapons System (CIWS) 6 MK-46 torpedoes (from two MK-32 SVTT triple mounts)
Armor:	Classified
Aircraft carried:	Two SH-60 Sea Hawk (LAMPS MK III) helicopters

 

 

USS Rentz (FFG-46) Description