USS McInerney
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USS McInerney (FFG-8), is an Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigate, in service with the United States Navy from 1979 to 2010. She was then transferred to the Pakistan Navy and entered service as Alamgir (F260) in early 2011.
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USS McInerney underway on 16 October 1992 | |
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United States | |
Name | McInerney |
Namesake | Francis X. McInerney |
Awarded | 27 February 1976 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 16 January 1978 |
Launched | 4 November 1978 |
Sponsored by | Joan McInerney Kelley |
Commissioned | 15 December 1979 |
Decommissioned | 31 August 2010 |
Stricken | 31 August 2010 |
Homeport | Mayport |
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Motto | Fast, Fearless, and Gallant |
Honours and awards | See Awards |
Fate | Transferred to Pakistan, 2010 |
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Pakistan | |
Name | Alamgir |
Namesake | Alamgir I |
Acquired | 31 August 2010 |
Commissioned | 31 August 2010 |
Identification | Hull number: F 260 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
Length | 453 feet (138 m), overall |
Beam | 45 feet (14 m) |
Draft | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
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Speed | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
Complement | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopter[1][2] |
Aviation facilities | RAST |
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