CURTS (FFG 38)
GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE
VESSEL STATUS
Class:		FFG 7				UIC:		21105
Status:		Stricken, Final Disposition Pending				Fleet:
Date status Changed:		02/27/2013				Homeport:
Maintenance Category:		X				Berth:		NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Pearl Harbor, HI
Force:
Builder:		Todd Shipyards Corp., Los Angeles Div.
MILESTONE DATES
Award Date:		04/27/1979				Commission Date:		10/08/1983
Keel Date:		07/01/1981				Inactivation Date:
Launch Date:		03/06/1982				Decommission Date:		02/27/2013
Age (since Launch)		38.8				Years from Commission to Decommission:		30.0
Delivery Date:		09/02/1983				InService Date:
Age (since Delivery)		37.3				Out Service Date:
						Stricken Date:		02/27/2013
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Overall Length:		453 ft				Waterline Length:		408 ft
Extreme Beam:		47 ft				Waterline Beam:		47 ft
Max Navigational Draft:		26 ft				Draft Limit:		17 ft
Light Displacement:		3186 tons				Full Displacement:		4100 tons
Dead Weight:		914 tons
Hull Material:			Steel hull, aluminum superstructure.
No. of Propellers:		1
No. of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:			Gas Turbines
Accommodations:			Officers:		19
			Enlisted:		200
PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
Custodian:			NAVSEA INACTIVE SHIPS ON-SITE MAINTENANCE OFFICE, PEARL HARBOR, HI
Planning Yard:
Nuclear Planning Yard:
Ships Program Manager:
Comments:
Last Updated:		12/12/2017
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