USS Copeland (FFG-25)

	USS Copeland (FFG-25)
History
United States
Name:	Copeland
Namesake:	Rear Admiral Robert W. Copeland
Ordered:	28 February 1977
Builder:	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down:	24 October 1979
Launched:	26 July 1980
Commissioned:	7 August 1982
Decommissioned:	18 September 1996
Stricken:	18 September 1996
Homeport:	San Diego, California
Identification:	Hull symbol:FFG-25; Code letters:NRWC; ;
Motto:	"Force For Peace"
Fate:	transferred to Egyptian Navy, 18 September 1996
	Mubarak (F911)
Egypt
Name:	Mubarak
Namesake:	Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak; City of Alexandria, Egypt;
Acquired:	18 September 1996
Commissioned:	13 July 1997
Renamed:	Alexandria, 2011
Identification:	F911
Status:	in active service, as of 2018
General characteristics
Class and 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)
Draft:	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 and ; 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 Copeland (FFG-25) was the seventeenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Robert W. Copeland (1910–1973).

Ordered from Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Copeland was laid down on 24 October 1979, launched on 26 July 1980, and commissioned on 7 August 1982. Decommissioned and stricken on 18 September 1996, she was transferred to Egypt the same day as Mubarak (F911). After the 2011 revolution the ship was renamed to remove the former ruler's name. The ship is named Alexandria (F911) now. As of 2012, she remained in active service with the Egyptian Navy.^[1]

Copeland was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Egypt". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.
^ "USS Copeland (FFG 25)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ "USS Copeland (FFG 25)". Navysite.de. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

MaritimeQuest USS Copeland FFG-25 pages
Photo gallery of USS Copeland at NavSource Naval History

[Wertheim-1] Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Egypt". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.

[2] "USS Copeland (FFG 25)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[3] "USS Copeland (FFG 25)". Navysite.de. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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History
USS Copeland (FFG-25)
United States
Name:	Copeland
Namesake:	Rear Admiral Robert W. Copeland
Ordered:	28 February 1977
Builder:	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down:	24 October 1979
Launched:	26 July 1980
Commissioned:	7 August 1982
Decommissioned:	18 September 1996
Stricken:	18 September 1996
Homeport:	San Diego, California
Identification:	Hull symbol:FFG-25 Code letters:NRWC
Motto:	"Force For Peace"
Fate:	transferred to Egyptian Navy, 18 September 1996^[1]
Mubarak (F911)
Egypt
Name:	Mubarak
Namesake:	Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak City of Alexandria, Egypt
Acquired:	18 September 1996^[1]
Commissioned:	13 July 1997^[1]
Renamed:	Alexandria, 2011
Identification:	F911
Status:	in active service, as of 2018^[1]
General characteristics ^[2]
Class and 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)
Draft:	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 and 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^[3]