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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
for "long-hull" frigates
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
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| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Oliver Hazard Perry class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Turkish Navy Royal Australian Navy (former) Royal Bahraini Naval Force Republic of China Navy Egyptian Navy Pakistan Navy Polish Navy Spanish Navy Chilean Navy United States Navy (former)[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | 1975–2004[source] |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] |
overall
Single sourcewaterline
Single source408 ft (124 m) waterline, 445 ft (136 m) overall, 453 ft (138 m) for "long-hull" frigates[source]
full load
Single source4,100 long tons (4,200 t) full load[source]
2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source]
4 Detroit Diesel 16V149TI generator sets ( each
Single source4 Detroit Diesel 16V149TI generator sets (750 kW (1,010 hp) each)[source]
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]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1977–present[source] |
| Planned | 71[source] |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | 71[source] |
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| Active | 8 (Turkey) 4 (Egypt) 2 (Poland) 1 (Pakistan) 6 (Spain) 10 (Taiwan) 2 (Bahrain) 2 (Chile)[source] |
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| Laid up |
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| Retired | 51 (USN); some were transferred to other countries where they are in active service[source] |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Guided-missile frigate[source] |
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| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | Radar: AN/SPS-49 , AN/SPS-55 , Mk 92 fire-control system Sonar: SQS-56, SQR-19 Towed Array[source] |
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| Armament | 1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS[source] | 1 × single-arm Mk 13 Missile Launcher with a 40-missile magazine that contains SM-1MR anti-aircraft guided missiles and Harpoon anti-ship missiles . Removed from the U.S. Navy ships starting in 2003 on retirement of the SM-1 missile. Mk 38 Mod 2 Machine Gun Systems installed on platforms over the removed MK 13 launchers 2 × triple Mark 32 Anti-submarine warfare torpedo tubes with Mark 46 or Mark 50 anti-submarine warfare torpedo (24 torpedoes) 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 8 × Hsiung Feng II SSM or 4 HF-2 and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM, plus 2 Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns (on Taiwanese vessels only)[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Bath Iron Works Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated Bazan CSBC Corporation, Taiwan[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Brooke class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Constellation class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Adelaide class (Australia) Cheng Kung class (Taiwan) G class (Turkey) Santa María class (Spain)[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$122 million[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | AN/SLQ-32 Mark 36 SRBOC AN/SLQ-25 Nixie[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × LAMPS multi-purpose helicopters (the SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I on the short-hulled ships or the SH-60B Seahawk LAMPS III on the long-hulled ships)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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