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Measured figures
Length
Single source496 ft (151.18 m)[source]
Approx Gepard 3.9 batch II
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Constellation-class frigate | Gepard-class frigate |
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| Displacement | 7,291 tons, fully loaded[source] | 1,500 tons (standard) 2,500 tons (Gepard 3.9)[source] |
| Power | CODLAG 1 × General Electric LM2500+G4 gas turbine 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 Reduction gears by Philadelphia Gears 2 x fixed-pitch propellers 1 × auxiliary propulsion unit Thrustmasters of Texas Hydrologic Retractable Thruster[source] | — |
| Name | Constellation class[source] | Gepard class (Project 1166.1)[source] |
| Builders | Fincantieri Marinette Marine[source] |
Approx 102.4 m (336 ft) (Gepard 3.9 batch II)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Zelenodolsk Plant Gorky[source] |
| Operators | United States Navy (projected)[source] | Russian Navy Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | Freedom and Independence classes Oliver Hazard Perry class (last class with FFG hull code )[source] | Koni class Grisha class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | FF(X)[source] | — |
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| Cost | US$ 1.28 billion for the first ship US$1.05 billion for the second ship[source] | 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch I): US$175 million per ship 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch II): US$350 million per ship (price included ammunition, maintenance packages signed between Vietnam and Russia )[source] |
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| Built | 2024–present[source] | 1991–2016[source] |
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| In commission | 2029 (planned)[source] | — |
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| Planned | 20[source] | 10[source] |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed |
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| Cancelled | 18[source] |
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| Active |
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| Type | Guided-missile frigate[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 200 accommodations[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Aegis Baseline 10 Combat System AN/SPY-6 (V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) AN/SPS-73(V)18 - Next Generation Surface Search Radar Thales Group CAPTAS-4 Low Frequency Variable-Depth Sonar TB-37 Multi-Function Towed Array AN/SQQ-89(V)16 undersea warfare/anti-submarine warfare combat system Cooperative Engagement Capability[source] | MR-231-1 Pal navigation radar Mineral-ME shipborne multifunctional radar system (including guidance and target designation functions for cruise missiles ) 5P-26/MR-352 Pozitiv-ME1/-ME1.2 3D active shipborne radars 5P-10E-03E Laska fire control radar for naval gun and CIWS Sonar : MGK-335EM-03 with under-keel antenna[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32(V)6 electronic warfare suite 4 × Mark 53 Nulka decoy launching system AN/SLQ-61 Lightweight Tow Torpedo Defense Mission Module[source] | EW Suite : 2 × Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 × Bell Squat jammers, Countermeasures : 4 × 16-barreled Pk-16 decoy launchers[source] |
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| Armament | 32 Mark 41 VLS cells with: BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile Possibly RIM-162 ESSM Block 2 and/or RIM-174 Standard ERAM missiles Planned RIM-66 Standard SM-2 Block 3C 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 57 mm gun with the Advanced Low Cost Munition Ordnance (ALaMO) projectile and related systems Various machine guns M240 or M2[source] | Artillery: 1 × 76.2mm AK-176M/MA naval gun 2 × AK-630M CIWS ( Tatarstan and VPN configuration) Cruise missiles : 8 × UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr missiles ( Dagestan ) (up to 16x cells in configurations offered to the export market; options for Club-N , Yakhont and BrahMos missile systems are available) 2 × quadruple launchers (2×4) Kh-35 anti-ship missiles ( Tatarstan and VPN 's Batch I & II configuration) Anti-submarine warfare : 2 × 533mm DTA-53 twin-tube (2×2) torpedo launchers (not featured on VPN 's Batch I) Naval mines Anti-air warfare : 1 × Palash/Palma-SU CIWS featured with 8x Sosna-R short range air defense missiles ( Dagestan and VPN configuration) 1 × Osa-M twin-launcher for 20x 9M33M short range air defense missiles ( Tatarstan ) 12 × Shtil-1 VLS cells for 9M317ME medium-range surface-to-air missiles (offered configuration for the export market)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopter[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | extra-large hangar for helicopter RAST Secure & Traverse Aircraft Handling System Horizontal Reference System Night Vision Device Compatibility[source] | — |
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| Source measurement | The U.S. Navy contracted for the first FFG 62 in FY2020. The second ship contract was awarded in April 2021, and the third in FY22. The U.S. Navy's proposed FY2020 budget request was $1.281-billion for the procurement of the first FFG 62. The U.S. Navy's FY2020 budget submission shows that subsequent ships in the class were estimated by the Navy to cost $850 to $950-million each in then-year dollars.[source]Constellation-class frigate · Development; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage | — |
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| Subclasses | — | Project 11661 Tatarstan Project 11661K Dagestan Project 11661E Gepard: Gepard 3.9: Batch I; Batch II Gepard 5.1 Gepard 5.3[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | Twin-shaft CODOG , FPP, 2 × 14,300 + 1 × 6,000 (kW)[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 20 days[source] |
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| Notes | — | [1][source] |
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| National origin | — | Russia[source] |
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