USS Sides

	USS Sides entering San Francisco Bay in 2002
History
United States
Name	Sides
Namesake	Admiral John H. Sides
Ordered	27 February 1976
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down	7 August 1978
Launched	19 May 1979
Sponsored by	Mrs. Joanne Sides Watson, daughter of Adm. Sides
Commissioned	30 May 1981
Decommissioned	28 February 2003
Stricken	24 May 2004
Homeport	NS San Diego, California (former)
Identification	Hull symbol:FFG-14; Code letters:NJHS; ;
Motto	"Savvy"
Fate	Sold for scrapping 15 December 2014
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General characteristics
Class & type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length	445 feet (136 m), overall
Beam	45 feet (14 m)
Draught	22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller; 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.;
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 &; processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar; AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar; CAS and STIR fire-control radar; AN/SQS-56 sonar.;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	As built:; 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes; 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; 4 × .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.; 1 × Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine); Note: As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.;
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-2F LAMPS I

USS Sides (FFG-14) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate that served in the US Navy.

History
USS Sides entering San Francisco Bay in 2002
United States
Name	Sides
Namesake	Admiral John H. Sides
Ordered	27 February 1976
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down	7 August 1978
Launched	19 May 1979
Sponsored by	Mrs. Joanne Sides Watson, daughter of Adm. Sides
Commissioned	30 May 1981
Decommissioned	28 February 2003
Stricken	24 May 2004
Homeport	NS San Diego, California (former)
Identification	Hull symbol:FFG-14 Code letters:NJHS
Motto	"Savvy"
Fate	Sold for scrapping 15 December 2014
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General characteristics
Class & type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length	445 feet (136 m), overall
Beam	45 feet (14 m)
Draught	22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.
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 & processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	As built: 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. 1 × Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) Note: As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-2F LAMPS I