Artist rendering of the final Template:Sclass- design
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Name | Congress |
Namesake | USS Congress |
Builder | Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin |
Identification | FFG-63 |
Status | Proposed |
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Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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 | 2x rigid-hulled inflatable boats |
Capacity | 200 accommodations |
Complement | 140 crew |
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USS Congress (FFG-63) will be the second ship of the Template:Sclass- of guided-missile frigates and the seventh ship in the United States Navy bearing this name.[3] She is named in honor of the first USS Congress, one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy, and her name was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March of 1795 for the frigates that were to be constructed.[4][5]