NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Adelaide class frigate

The Adelaide class is the name given to the Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates in service in the Royal Australian Navy. The first four units were built as the seventeenth, eighteenth, thirty-fifth and forty-fourth in the US Navy production run, with the final two units built in Australia. The ships are classed as guided missile frigates, with a weapons fit optimised for general warfare. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x587, 195 KB)050315-N-5345W-140 Persian Gulf (15 March 2005) â€“ The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Darwin (FFG04) underway in the waters of the Persian Gulf alongside the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75). ... HMAS Perth HMAS Perth and HMAS Brisbane in 1995 The Perth class is the name given to the modified class destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy. ... HMAS Anzac operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. ... The Hobart class of destroyers, known during their planning phase as the Australian Air Warfare Destroyer or SEA 4000, is a class of three ships scheduled to enter service with the Royal Australian Navy in 2013. ... The General Electric LM2500 industrial and marine turboshaft gas turbine is a derivative of GE Aircraft Engines CF6-6 aircraft engine. ... This machine has a single-stage centrifugal compressor and turbine, a recuperator, and foil bearings. ... Mk 13 missile launcher is a single-arm missile launcher with a 40 round magazine that is capable of firing the SM-1MR Standard SAM and RGM-84 Harpoon SSM. Found on Oliver Hazard Perry class Frigates (and derivatives). ... Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ... The Oto Melara 76 mm gun is a widely used naval artillery piece built by the Italian company Otobreda and Oto Melara. ... Block 1 CIWS The Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapon system, pronounced see-wiz) is an anti-missile system that was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division. ... The AN/SPS-49 is a United States Navy two-dimensional, long range air search radar built by Raytheon that is capable of providing contact bearing and range. ... The Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk (or Sea Hawk) is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the airframe of the United States Army/Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk. ... HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01) is an Australian Adelaide class guided-missile frigate laid down by Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding at Seattle, Washington 29 July 1977, launched 21 June 1978 and commissioned 15 November 1980. ... HMAS Canberra (FFG 02) HMAS Canberra (FFG 02) is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate of the Royal Australian Navy laid down by Todd Shipyards at Seattle in Washington on 1 March 1978, launched on 1 December 1978 and commissioned on 21 March 1981. ... The fourth HMAS Sydney (FFG 03) is an Adelaide class frigate laid down on 21 August 1980, launched 26 September 1980 and commissioned 29 January 1983. ... HMAS Darwin operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom HMAS Darwin (04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate laid down by Todd Shipyards at Seattle in Washington on 2 July 1981, launched on 26 March 1982 and commissioned on... HMAS Melbourne [1] (FFG 05) is an Adelaide class guided missile frigate laid down by AMECON at Williamstown in Victoria on 12 July 1985, launched on 5 May 1989 and commissioned on 15 February 1992. ... HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06), named for the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest provincial city in Australia, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate laid down by AMECON at Williamstown in Victoria, launched on 21 February 1992 and commissioned on 11 December 1993. ... The USS McInerney (FFG 8), an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate. ... The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ...

Since the withdrawal of the Perth class destroyers, these ships are the RAN's primary air defence vessels, armed with the SM-1 missile. They also have significant surface capability thanks to a 76 mm Mk 75 gun and the Harpoon ASM, and a pair of triple torpedo tubes for ASW. In addition, a pair of S-70B Seahawk [1] helicopters are carried. HMAS Perth HMAS Perth and HMAS Brisbane in 1995 The Perth class is the name given to the modified class destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy. ... The Standard Missile is a type of surface-to-air missile (SAM) originally developed for the United States Navy. ... The AGM-84 Harpoon is a US all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system. ... Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ... The Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk (or Sea Hawk) is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the airframe of the United States Army/Air Force UH-60 Black Hawk. ...

Upgrades

There have been two major upgrades distinguishing the Adelaide class from the American Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates.

Lengthening

The first three units, as initially constructed, had a length identical at both the main deck and the keel, similar to that of the early Oliver Hazard Perry class ships. From Darwin onwards, the ship's overall length was increased by angling the transom (the section between the fantail and the keel) - this enlarged the flight deck, allowing the larger Seahawk helicopter to be accommodated. This was retrofitted into Adelaide, Canberra and Sydney at their periodic refits. Transom (probably a corruption of Latin transtrum, a thwart, in a boat; equivalents are French traverse, croisillon, German Losholz) is the architectural term given to the horizontal lintel or beam which is framed across a window, dividing it into stages or heights. ...

FFG Upgrade

As part of a major programme of improvements, a AU$1 billion upgrade project for the Adelaide class is in progress, which will see enhancements to both weapons and equipment. The costs of the project will be partly offset by the decommissioning of the two oldest units, with Canberra paying off in 2005, Adelaide is due to be paid off early in 2008. The first upgraded vessel, Sydney, returned to the fleet in 2005. Some of the new features include the ability to fire the SM-2 missile, the addition of an 8 cell Mk 41 VLS for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile and enhanced air search radar and long range sonar. Each unit to be upgraded will do so at Garden Island in Sydney, with the modifications taking between 18 months and two years. The ships will be replaced starting in 2013 by three new air defence destroyers equipped with the Aegis combat system. RIM-66 / RIM-67 Standard Missile The Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) is the Navyâ€™s primary surface-to-air fleet defense weapon. ... Categories: Stub ... Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile is a development of the Sea Sparrow missile used to protect ships from attacking missiles and aircraft. ... Garden Island is the name of a number of islands. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... The Sea 4000 project instituted by the Australian Department of Defence intends to acquire three Air Warfare Destroyers for introduction into service starting in 2013. ... USS Lake Champlain, a Ticonderoga-class Aegis guided missile cruiser, launched in 1987 The Aegis combat system is an integrated missile guidance system used by the United States Navy. ...

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Upgrades

Lengthening

FFG Upgrade

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