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German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)larger figure on 2 of 2
USS Recoverylarger figure on 0 of 2
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Length
Single source149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) | USS Recovery |
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| Power | 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] | — |
| Name | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] | USS Recovery[source] |
| Namesake | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Lürssen , Wolgast Blohm+Voss , Hamburg |
213 ft 6 in (65.07 m)[source]
Range
Single source4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)[source]
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Basalt Rock Company[source] |
| Laid down | 29 January 2015[source] | 6 January 1945[source] |
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| Launched | 24 May 2017[source] | 4 August 1945[source] |
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| Acquired | 28 January 2022[source] | 30 September 1998[source] |
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| Commissioned | 13 July 2022[source] | 15 May 1946[source] |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 211923000 Callsign : DRAG Pennant number : F225[source] | Hull number : ARS-43[source] |
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| Status | In active service[source] | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | Baden-Württemberg -class frigate[source] | Bolster -class rescue and salvage ship[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] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM[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] | 4 × 40 mm guns 6 × 20 mm guns[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × NH-90 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 | — |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Sponsored by | — | Mrs. Harry Burris[source] |
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| Decommissioned | — | 20 September 1994[source] |
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| Stricken | — | 30 September 1994[source] |
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| Fate | — | Transferred to Taiwan , 30 September 1998[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | USS Recovery (ARS-43) was a Bolster -class rescue and salvage ship of the United States Navy , which remained in commission for over 48 years. Laid down on 6 January 1945 by the Basalt Rock Company in Napa, California , the ship was launched on 4 August 1945, and commissioned on 15 May 1946. In American service, the vessel supported NASA 's Project Mercury spaceflights and recovery and the search for the lost submarine USS Thresher . The ship was removed from American service, transferred to Taiwan, and commissioned on 1 March 1999 in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Da Juen (ARS-556) . The vessel was later renamed Ta De .[source]USS Recovery · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Recovery was decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 September 1994. She was transferred to Taiwan on 30 September 1998, under the Security Assistance Program, and commissioned on 1 March 1999 in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Da Juen (ARS-556), where she remains in commission under the name Ta De (ARS-556).[source]USS Recovery · Construction and career / Service with Taiwan; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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