USS Chesapeake (FFG-64)

	Artist rendering of the final Constellation-class design
History
United States
Name	Chesapeake
Namesake	USS Chesapeake
Awarded	16 May 2022
Builder	Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Sponsored by	Barbara Strasser
Identification	Hull number: FFG-64
Status	Ordered
General characteristics
Class and type	Constellation-class frigate
Displacement	7,400 short tons (6,700 t)
Length	496 ft (151.18 m)
Beam	65 ft (19.81 m)
Draft	26 ft (7.92 m)
Propulsion	CODLAG
Speed	in excess of 26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) (electric drive)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Capacity	200 accommodations
Complement	140 crew
Sensors and ; processing systems	COMBATSS-21 Combat Management System (AEGIS derivative); AN/SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR); AN/SPS-73(V)18 - Next Generation Surface Search Radar; AN/SLQ-61 light weight towed array sonar; AN/SQS-62 Variable-Depth Sonar; AN/SQQ-89F undersea warfare/anti-submarine warfare combat system; Cooperative Engagement Capability;
Armament	32 Mark 41 VLS cells with:; Possibly RIM-162 ESSM Block 2 and/or RIM-174 Standard ERAM missiles; Planned RIM-66 Standard SM-2 Block 3C; 8 × or 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 57mm gun with the Advanced Low Cost Munition Ordnance (ALaMO) projectile and related systems.; Various machine guns M240 or M2;
Aircraft carried	1 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopter; MQ-8C Firescout;

USS Chesapeake (FFG-64) will be the third Constellation-class guided-missile frigate.^[1] The sixth ship in the United States Navy bearing this name,^[2] she will be built by Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, with an expected completion date of August 2028.^[3] She is named in honor of the first USS Chesapeake, one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy.^[2] The ship will be sponsored by Barbara Strasser, the wife of Rear Admiral Joseph C. Strasser.^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Chesapeake (FFG-64)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "SECNAV Names Future Vessels while aboard Historic Navy Ship" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ "US Navy commissions third Constellation-class frigate". Shephard Media. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

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[NVR-1] "Chesapeake (FFG-64)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[Chesapeake-2] "SECNAV Names Future Vessels while aboard Historic Navy Ship" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[3] "US Navy commissions third Constellation-class frigate". Shephard Media. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

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