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Adelaide-class frigate
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United States Navy, Photographer's Mate Airman Kristopher Wilson · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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AWarships
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Adelaide-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 1
Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 1 of 1
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| Specification | Adelaide-class frigate | Daguan-class troopship |
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| Power | 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.[source] | — |
| Name | Adelaide class[source] | — |
| Builders | Todd Pacific Shipyards , Seattle, Washington Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated[source] | — |
| Operators | Royal Australian Navy (former) Chilean Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Daring -class destroyer |
408 ft (124 m) at waterline 455 ft (139 m) overall[source]
Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Complement
Single source176–221[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Succeeded by | Hunter -class frigate[source] | — |
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| Built | 21 June 1978 – 21 February 1992[source] | — |
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| In service | 15 November 1980 – 27 September 2019[source] | 2011 - present[source] |
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| In commission | 15 November 1980 – 26 October 2019[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active | 2 (Chile)[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Class & type | Modified Oliver Hazard Perry -class guided missile frigate[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | AN/SPS-49 radar Mk 92 fire control system AN/SPS-55 radar FFG 01-04: AN/SQS-56 sonar FFG 05-06: Mulloka sonar[source] | — |
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| Armament | 8-cell Mk 41 VLS (32 quad-packed Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile ) Mk 13 missile launcher (40-missile magazine, Harpoon and SM-2MR missiles (replaced SM-1MR during refit)) 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 1 × 20 mm Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × S-70B Seahawk or 1 × Seahawk and 1 × AS350B Squirrel[source] | Each ship has a medium helicopter deck on its stern, which can accommodate one Changhe Z-8 heavy transport helicopter.[source]Stern helicopter-deck accommodation; not an embarked air-group assertion |
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| Notes | Mk 41 VLS , ESSM capability, and SM-2MR capability installed during the FFG Upgrade project[source] | — |
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| Type | — | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 2,500 support personnel[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Medium helicopter deck[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company[source] |
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