Course correction: US Navy looks to proven parent pedigree for FFG(X)

摘要

In September 2015 the FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Simpson came alongside at Naval Station Mayport in Florida for the final time to be decommissioned. The last of the 51 Cold War-era FFG-7 frigates to serve with the US Navy (USN), Simpson's retirement brought an era to a close.