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Navy Looking At Bringing Back Perry Frigates, Life Extension, Networking For Larger Fleet

Wednesday, June 14th, 2017

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Navy Looking At Bringing Back Perry Frigates, Life Extension, Networking For Larger Fleet

USS Thach (FFG 43), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate. Photo: U.S. Navy.

The U.S. Navy is studying the ideas of pulling up to eight mothballed Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates back to service, extending the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, and increased networking to achieve a larger fleet faster than expected, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) said Tuesday.Speaking at the Naval War College, Adm. John Richardson said the service is looking at all of the options to both increase the number of platforms in the fleet as well as increasing their capabilities…

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