USS Galvez

Artist rendering of the final Constellation-class design
History
United States
Name	Galvez
Namesake	Bernardo de Gálvez
Awarded	23 May 2024
Builder	Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Sponsored by	Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón Ángeles Moreno Bau
Identification	Hull number: FFG-67
Status	Ordered
General characteristics
Class and type	Constellation-class frigate
Displacement	6,700 t (6,594 long tons; 7,385 short tons) full load
Length	151.18 m (496.0 ft)
Beam	19.81 m (65.0 ft)
Draft	7.92 m (26.0 ft)
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	2 × rigid-hulled inflatable boats
Capacity	200 accommodations
Complement	140 crew
Sensors and processing systems	COMBATSS-21 Combat Management System (AEGIS derivative) AN/SPY-6(V)3 Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) AN/SPS-73(V)18 - Next Generation Surface Search Radar AN/SLQ-61 light weight towed array sonar AN/SQS-62 Variable-Depth Sonar AN/SQQ-89F undersea warfare/anti-submarine warfare combat system Cooperative Engagement Capability
Armament	32 Mark 41 VLS cells with: Possibly RIM-162 ESSM Block 2 and/or RIM-174 Standard ERAM missiles Planned RIM-66 Standard SM-2 Block 3C 8 × or 16 × canister launched Over-the-horizon Anti-Ship Weapons (likely Naval Strike Missile) RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launched from Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching System (21 cell) Mk 110 57mm gun with the Advanced Low Cost Munition Ordnance (ALaMO) projectile and related systems. Various machine guns M240 or M2
Aircraft carried	1 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopter MQ-8C Firescout

USS Galvez (FFG-67) will be the sixth Constellation-class guided-missile frigate of the United States Navy. She is the only ship of the Navy to be named for American Revolutionary war figure Bernardo de Gálvez. Gálvez was governor of Spanish Louisiana and a key supporter of the revolution, as he led Spanish forces against the British Army during the war and enabled American independence.[1][2] The name was announced in Madrid alongside the American ambassador and members of the Spanish Navy.[3][4]

The frigate was ordered in 2024 with an estimated cost of $1 billion and was initially estimated to be finished in 2030.[4]

References

1. Fernández, Juanjo (22 June 2024). "USS Gálvez: el buque de guerra más moderno de la US Navy tendrá nombre español". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2024.
2. Cuesta, Pilar de la (22 June 2024). "El militar español Bernardo de Gálvez dará nombre al nuevo buque de guerra de Estados Unidos". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2024.
3. Shelbourne, Mallory (23 May 2024). "Navy Awards $1B Contract for 5th, 6th Constellation-class Frigates". USNI News. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
4. "SECNAV Names Future Guided Missile Frigate USS Galvez (FFG 67)". United States Navy. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

•  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.