IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3 July 2009
Homeport Mayport, Florida, USA. Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate. Nickname Special K. Motto Freedom Through Vigilance. Pennant 42. Laid down on 19 February 1982 by Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, USA launched on 18 September, commissioned on 20 August 1983 and decommissioned on 22 March 2013. With a displacement of 4.100 long tons/4.200 tons (full load) and as dimensions 138 (over all) x 14 x 6,7 metres or 452’x 45’x 22’. Speed >29 knots. Her crew numbered 205 men. Armament consisted of 1-7,6cm guns, 2x3-32,4cm torpedo launchers, 1-12,7mm Phalanx CIWS system, 1 launcher for anti-ship and anti ship/air missiles and 2 SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters.
