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U.S.S. JOHN H. SIDES

(FFG-14)

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USS JOHN H. SIDES (FFG-14) - an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

In Commission 1981 to 2003

FFG-14 Deployments - Major Events

Add a FFG-14 Shellback Initiation Add a FFG-14 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1978-Keel Date: 7 AUG 1978
at Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro
MAY1979-Launch Date: 19 MAY 1979
MAY1981-Commissioned: 30 MAY 1981
MAR1983-OCT1983West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
APR1983-OCT1983West Pac-Indian Ocean
MAY1983-Shellback Initiation - 24 MAY 1983 - Pacific Ocean
AUG1985-Shellback Initiation - 8 AUG 1985 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1987- Shellback Initiation - 25 MAY 1987 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1988-SEP1988West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
AUG1996-NOV1996Caribbean
JAN1998-JUN1998CARAT
MAY2000-OCT2000West Pac
FEB2002-JUL2002West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
FEB2003-Decommissioned: 28 FEB 2003

FFG-14 General Specifications

Class: Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

Complement: 15 Officers and 190 Enlisted

Displacement: 4100 tons

Length: 453 feet

Beam: 45 feet

Draft: 22 feet

Range: 5 000 nautical miles

Final Disposition: Stricken to be disposed of