John Hall (FFG 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS JOHN L. HALL CFFG-325 JOHN L. HALL is the twenty-sixth ship of the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class of guided missile frigates and is home-ported in Pascagoula, Mississippi. USS JOHN L. HALL was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine and was commissioned on 26 June 1982. The ship is 453 feet long, has a beam of 47 feet, a navigational draft of 26 feet and dis- places 4100 tons. JOHN L. HALL's mission is to provide in-depth protection for military and merchant shipping, amphibious task forces and underway replenishment groups. Assigned to DESTROYER SQUADRON SIX, JOHN L. HALL concentrates operations in the Caribbean Sea and near South America, conducting counter-drug operations and bi-laterallmulti-lateral training exercises with South Amer- ican navies. JOHN L. HALL has a weapon system capable of delivering surface-to-air missiles, surface-to-surface missiles, a 76mm Rapid-Firing Dual Purpose gun which is used to defend against both surface and air targets, Close In Weapon System which fires tungsten rounds at 4500 rounds a minute for missile and aircraft defense and two MK 46 torpedo launchers for hostile submarine contacts. The ship is capable of embarking two Light Airborne Multi-Purpose CLAMPS HD helicopters that integrate fully with the Undersea and Surface Warfare weapon systems. The shipis sonar provides JOHN L. HALL with both passive and active capabilities in the electromagnetic spectrum. The engineering plant of JOHN L. HALL is also very versatile. Two General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engines drive a 5 bladed Controllable Pitch Propeller. The main propulsion system is a computer-controlled gas turbine power plant. The engines are similar to those used by the DC-10 airliner. JOHN L. HALL's propulsion plant can be on-linen in less than 10 minutes. The Engineering plant provides stable electricity C60 HZ and 400 HZJ, freshwater, refrigeration, air conditioning, electronic cooling water, and Damage Contro1!Firefighting capabilities.

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