USS Lafayette (FFG-65)

	Artist rendering of the final Constellation-class design
History
United States
Name	Lafayette
Namesake	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Awarded	18 May 2023
Builder	Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Identification	Hull number: FFG-65
Status	Ordered
General characteristics
Class & type	Constellation-class frigate
Displacement	6,700 t (6,594 long tons; 7,385 short tons) full load
Length	151.18 m (496.0 ft)
Beam	19.81 m (65.0 ft)
Draft	7.92 m (26.0 ft)
Propulsion	CODLAG; 1 × General Electric LM2500+G4 gas turbine; driving a Philadelphia Gear Gearbox system; 2 × electric propulsion motors: INDAR 2 x 3.4 MW; 4 × ship service diesel generators Rolls-Royce MTU 20V 4000 M53B engine 3000 kW for a total output of 12 MW electrical ship power; 2 x fixed-pitch propellers; 1 × auxiliary propulsion unit Thrustmasters of Texas Hydrologic Retractable Thruster;
Speed	in excess of 26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) (electric drive)
Boats & landing; craft carried	2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Capacity	200 accommodations
Complement	140 crew
Sensors &; processing systems	COMBATSS-21 Combat Management System (AEGIS derivative); AN/SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR); AN/SPS-73(V)18 - Next Generation Surface Search Radar; AN/SLQ-61 light weight towed array sonar; AN/SQS-62 Variable-Depth Sonar; AN/SQQ-89F undersea warfare/anti-submarine warfare combat system; Cooperative Engagement Capability;
Armament	32 Mark 41 VLS cells with:; Possibly RIM-162 ESSM Block 2 and/or RIM-174 Standard ERAM missiles; Planned RIM-66 Standard SM-2 Block 3C; 8 × or 16 × canister launched Over-the-horizon Anti-Ship Weapons (likely Naval Strike Missile); RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launched from Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching System (21 cell); Mk 110 57mm gun with the Advanced Low Cost Munition Ordnance (ALaMO) projectile and related systems.; Various machine guns M240 or M2;
Aircraft carried	1 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopter; MQ-8C Firescout;

USS Lafayette (FFG-65) will be the fourth Constellation-class guided-missile frigate.^[1] The fourth ship in the United States Navy bearing this name, she will be built by Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, with an expected completion date somewhere in 2029. The frigate is named in honor of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French hero of the American Revolutionary War. Her name was announced on 29 June 2023 by Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro when he visited Paris.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lafayette (FFG-65)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ [1] GE, The LM2500+G4 Engine
^ https://news.timken.com/2020-10-21-Timkens-Philadelphia-Gear-to-Supply-Critical-Components-for-U-S-Navy-Frigate-Program
^ "SECNAV Names Future Constellation-Class Guided-Missile Frigate Lafayette" (Press release). United States Navy. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
^ Mongilio, Heather (29 June 2023). "Navy Secretary Names Fourth Frigate After Revolutionary Hero Marquis de Lafayette". USNI News. United States Naval Institute. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

This article incorporates public domain material from Lafayette (FFG-65) at the Naval Vessel Register.

[NVR-1] "Lafayette (FFG-65)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[2] [1] GE, The LM2500+G4 Engine

[3] ttps://news.timken.com/2020-10-21-Timkens-Philadelphia-Gear-to-Supply-Critical-Components-for-U-S-Navy-Frigate-Program

[4] "SECNAV Names Future Constellation-Class Guided-Missile Frigate Lafayette" (Press release). United States Navy. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

[5] Mongilio, Heather (29 June 2023). "Navy Secretary Names Fourth Frigate After Revolutionary Hero Marquis de Lafayette". USNI News. United States Naval Institute. Retrieved 7 July 2023.

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Constellation-class frigates
Constellation Congress Chesapeake Hamilton Galvez Everett Alvarez Jr. Joy Bright Hancock
Preceded by: Oliver Hazard Perry class Followed by: None
List of frigates of the United States Navy