USS Chesapeake (FFG-64)

	Artist rendering of the final Constellation-class design
History
United States
Name	Chesapeake
Namesake	USS Chesapeake
Awarded	16 May 2022
Builder	Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Sponsored by	Barbara Strasser
Identification	Hull number: FFG-64
Status	Ordered
General characteristics
Class and type	Constellation-class frigate
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; 1 × General Electric LM2500+G4 gas turbine; driving a Philadelphia Gear Gearbox system; 2 × electric propulsion motors: INDAR 2 x 3.4 MW; 4 × ship service diesel generators Rolls-Royce MTU 20V 4000 M53B engine 3000 kW for a total output of 12 MW electrical ship power; 2 x fixed-pitch propellers; 1 × auxiliary propulsion unit Thrustmasters of Texas Hydrologic Retractable Thruster;
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 Chesapeake (FFG-64) will be the third Constellation-class guided-missile frigate.^[1] The sixth ship in the United States Navy bearing this name,^[4] she will be built by Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, with an expected completion date of August 2028.^[5] She is named in honor of the first USS Chesapeake, one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy.^[4] The ship will be sponsored by Barbara Strasser, the wife of Rear Admiral Joseph C. Strasser.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Chesapeake (FFG-64)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ [1] GE, The LM2500+G4 Engine
^ https://news.timken.com/2020-10-21-Timkens-Philadelphia-Gear-to-Supply-Critical-Components-for-U-S-Navy-Frigate-Program
^ ^a ^b ^c "SECNAV Names Future Vessels while aboard Historic Navy Ship" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ "US Navy commissions third Constellation-class frigate". Shephard Media. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

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[NVR-1] "Chesapeake (FFG-64)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[2] [1] GE, The LM2500+G4 Engine

[3] ttps://news.timken.com/2020-10-21-Timkens-Philadelphia-Gear-to-Supply-Critical-Components-for-U-S-Navy-Frigate-Program

[Chesapeake-4] "SECNAV Names Future Vessels while aboard Historic Navy Ship" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[5] "US Navy commissions third Constellation-class frigate". Shephard Media. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

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