USS_Chesapeake_(FFG-64)

USS <i>Chesapeake</i> (FFG-64)

USS Chesapeake (FFG-64)

Future guided-missile frigate for the U.S. Navy

For other ships with the same name, see USS Chesapeake.

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,[2] she will be built by Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, with an expected completion date of August 2028.[3] She is named in honor of the first USS Chesapeake, one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy.[2] The ship will be sponsored by Barbara Strasser, the wife of Rear Admiral Joseph C. Strasser.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Chesapeake (FFG-64)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. [2]
    "SECNAV Names Future Vessels while aboard Historic Navy Ship" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. [3]
    "US Navy commissions third Constellation-class frigate". Shephard Media. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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