uss stephen w. groves (ffg-29)

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rdered:	23 January 1978
aid down:	16 September 1980
aunched:	4 April 1981
ommissioned:	17 April 1982
Status:
Homeport:	NS Pascagoula, Mississippi
olspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"\| General Characteristics
isplacement:	4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
ength:	453 ft (138.1 m), overall
eam:	45 ft (13.7 m)
raft:	22 ft (6.7 m)
ropulsion:	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and controllable-pitch propeller
peed:	29+ knots (54+ km/h)
ange:	5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
omplement:	15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
rmament:	One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine); two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes; one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
ircraft:	2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
otto:	Dirigo (I Direct)
ickname:

USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29), twenty-first ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Ensign Stephen W. Groves (1917–1942), a naval aviator who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism at the Battle of Midway. Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, Stephen W. Groves was laid down on 16 September 1980, launched on 4 April 1981, and commissioned on 17 April 1982, Commander Philip A. Bozzelli commanding. As of 2005, she remains active, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 6 and homeported at NS Pascagoula, Mississippi. Stephen W. Groves (FFG-29) is the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

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