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German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)larger figure on 1 of 1
Spruance-class destroyerlarger figure on 0 of 1
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Measured figures
Length
Single source149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)[source]
overall
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) | Spruance-class destroyer |
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| Name | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] | Spruance class[source] |
| Namesake | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Lürssen , Wolgast Blohm+Voss , Hamburg[source] | — |
| Laid down | 29 January 2015[source] |
waterline
Single source529 ft (161 m) waterline 563 ft (172 m) overall[source]
CODLAG 1 × 20 MW gas turbine 2 × 4.7 MW electric motors 4 × 2.9 MW diesel generators 3 × gearboxes : one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Launched | 24 May 2017[source] | — |
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| Acquired | 28 January 2022[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 13 July 2022[source] | — |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 211923000 Callsign : DRAG Pennant number : F225[source] | — |
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| Status | In active service[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Baden-Württemberg -class frigate[source] | Spruance -class destroyer[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB , capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)[source] | — |
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| Capacity | Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Cassidian TRS-4D AESA radar 2(?) × navigation radars IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 communications systems[source] | AN/SPS-40 air search radar AN/SPG-60 fire control radar AN/SPS-55 surface search radar AN/SPQ-9 gun fire control radar Mark 23 TAS automatic detection and tracking radar AN/SPS-65 missile fire control radar AN/SQS-53 bow-mounted active sonar AN/SQR-19 TACTAS towed array passive sonar Naval Tactical Data System[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM[source] | AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures Mark 36 SRBOC decoy launching system AN/SLQ-49 inflatable decoys[source] |
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| Armament | Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole -NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Anti-air missiles: 2 × RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/ CIWS , 21 cells each Anti-ship missiles : 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons[source] | 2 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 caliber Mark 45 dual purpose guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Mark 15 guns 1 × 8 cell ASROC launcher (removed) 1 × 8 cell NATO Sea Sparrow Mark 29 missile launcher 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile canisters 2 × Mark 32 triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes ( Mk 46 torpedoes ) 1 × 61 cell Mk 41 VLS launcher for Tomahawk missiles[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × NH-90 helicopters[source] | 2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters[source] |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification | United States[source] |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Ingalls Shipbuilding , Pascagoula, Mississippi[source] |
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| Operators | — | United States Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Charles F. Adams class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Kidd class Arleigh Burke class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1972–1983[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1975–2005[source] |
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| Completed | — | 31[source] |
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| Active | — | 1 ( Paul F. Foster ) as SDTS[source] |
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| Retired | — | 30[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters[source] |
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