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USS Rentz (FFG-46) - Definition and Overview |
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| Career
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| Status:
| Active in service as of 2005.
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| Homeport:
| San Diego, California
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| General Characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
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| Length:
| 453 ft (138.1 m), overall
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| Beam:
| 45 ft (13.7 m)
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| Draft:
| 22 ft (6.7 m)
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| Propulsion:
| 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and controllable-pitch propeller
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| Speed:
| 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
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| Range:
| 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
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| Complement:
| 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
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| Armament:
| One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine); two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes; one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
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| Aircraft:
| 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
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| Motto:
| Dread Nought
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USS Rentz (FFG-46), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander George S. Rentz (1882–1942). For his selfless bravery following the loss of Houston (CA-30) in the Battle of Sunda Strait, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross—the only Navy Chaplain to so honored during World War II.
Rentz was laid down on 18 September 1982 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, Ca.; launched on 16 July 1983; and commissioned on 30 June 1984.
As of 2005, Rentz is captained by Commander Dominic DeScisciolo, homeported at San Diego, California, and part of Destroyer Squadron 21.
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