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Hi is there any good books that document the FFG'S of the US Navy? i specifically after info on the OHP class.
Thanks
Michael

Try this: not a book, but CD ROM.............

U.S. Navy Guided Missile Frigates, Oliver Hazard Perry Class - plus AEGIS Combat System for Cruisers and Destroyers, Comprehensive Information and Photo Galleries (CD-ROM) [CD-ROM]

Book Description
Publication Date: May 16, 2007
This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM has comprehensive coverage of the U.S. Navy's fleet of Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigates, with extensive photo galleries. In addition, it has complete coverage of the AEGIS Combat System for Cruisers and Destroyers. This extraordinary, encyclopedic collection contains more than 24,000 pages reproduced in Adobe Acrobat PDF files. FRIGATES - Frigates fulfill a Protection of Shipping (POS) mission as Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups and merchant convoys. The guided missile frigates (FFG) bring an anti-air warfare (AAW) capability to the frigate mission, but they have some limitations. Designed as cost efficient surface combatants, they lack the multi-mission capability necessary for modern surface combatants faced with multiple, high-technology threats. They also offer limited capacity for growth. Despite this, the FFG 7 class is a robust platform, capable of withstanding considerable damage. This "toughness" was aptly demonstrated when USS Samuel B. Roberts struck a mine and USS Stark was hit by two Exocet cruise missiles. In both cases the ships survived, were repaired and returned to the fleet. USS Stark was decommissioned in May 1999.

You can read more here:

http://www.amazon.com/Guided-Missile-Fr ... 1422010066

You can download here a comprehensive coverage of US Navy Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates, including armament, propulsion, electronics, and entries for every US "Fig 7" ever commissioned.

http://archive.org/details/OliverHazard ... StatesNavy

Look for "View the book" - pdf - 7,0M - no copyright, free to download.

Read more here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Haz ... ss_frigate

there is a blueprint of USS Rodney M. Davis FFG 60.

Best:
Jimmy

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Another book:

No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf


Read here:

http://www.navybook.com/no-higher-honor/

A Pictorial CD from Ray Bean:



May find it here:

http://www.stillmotionsphotographics.co ... yindex.asp

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Visit here the topic:

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=21745

Guys here know a lot about the class.

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Hi Jimmy

Thanks for the help regarding references for the Perry class it's been most helpful.

The PDF file contains only Wikipedia articles (as far I have checked it) - it could be the same for the CD-R.

There are often books and CD-Rs on Amazon, which are only copies of Wikipedia articles.

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