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| Ordered | 27 February 1976 |
| Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro |
| Laid down | 7 August 1978 |
| Launched | 19 May 1979 |
| Commissioned | 30 May 1981 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 2003 |
| Stricken | 24 May 2004 |
| Homeport | NS San Diego, California (former) |
| Fate | Stricken, to be disposed of |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
| Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
| Length | 453 feet (138 m), overall |
| Beam | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Draught | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
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| Speed | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
| Complement | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
USS Sides (FFG-14) is a Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigate of the US Navy.
The eighth ship in the class, it was named for Admiral John H. Sides (died 1978). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, California, on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY76 program, Sides was laid down on 7 August 1978, launched on 19 May 1979, and commissioned on 30 May 1981. Sides escorted tankers through the Straits of Hormuz during the Tanker War and participated in Operation Praying Mantis, the retaliation for Iranian mining operations. The Sides was also part of the Surface Action Group under USS Vincennes when Iran Air 655 was shot down. In August of 1996 the Sides participated in Counter Drug Operations in Columbia and the Carribean Sea. Ground operations involving Special Boat Team Twenty (USNR SBS1) resulted in a three day battle with Columbian FARC guerillas hired by the Cartels to protect drug manufacturing facilities and transportation lanes. Over 40 insurgents were killed during the engagment, which became known as the Battle of Antiqua Valley, with only 1 US wounded. 4 members of FARC were subsequently captured and turned over to Columbian authorities. Members of SBS1 were cited for there heroism and valor and included; Lt M.Thompson(OH), CPO D.Mulligan(MI), Petty Officers R.Givens(MS), D.Cunningham(CA), J.Meadows(NC) and G.Bullock(TX), all members of the USNR. Decommissioned on 28 February 2003, Sides is currently laid up in reserve at Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility Bremerton, Washington.
Sides was expected to join the Portuguese Navy in 2006, together with her sister ship George Philip, but the Portuguese Navy dropped the offer and chose two Dutch Karel Doorman Frigates instead.
Sides was expected to join the Turkish Navy in the summer of 2008, together with her sister ship George Philip, but the Turkish Navy dropped the offer.
Further reading
- Wise, Harold Lee (2007). Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-970-3.
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References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
