USS Reuben James (FFG-57)

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Ordered:	22 March 1982
Laid down:	19 November 1983
Launched:	8 February 1985
Commissioned:	22 March 1986
Status:	Active in service as of 2006.
Homeport:	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
General Characteristics
Displacement:	4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load
Length:	453 ft (138.1 m), overall
Beam:	45 ft (13.7 m)
Draft:	22 ft (6.7 m)
Propulsion:	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable-pitch propeller, 2 × retractable 325 hp auxiliary engines for maneuvering or casualty operations
Speed:	30+ knots (55+ km/h)
Range:	5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Armament:	One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine); two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes; one Vulcan 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.
Combat Systems:	One AN/SQR 19 towed array sonar, one AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system, one AN/SQS-56 hull mounted SONAR, One Mk 92 Mod 6 fire control system, one AN/SPS-55 surface search RADAR, one An/SPS-49V(5) air search radar, and one AN/SYS 2 integrated automatic detection and tracking system.
Aircraft:	2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters
Motto:

USS Reuben James (FFG-57), an Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigate is the third ship of the U.S. Navy named for Reuben James, a boatswain's mate who distinguished himself fighting the Barbary pirates.

Her crew totaled 160 enlisted, 17 chief petty officers and 20 officers. The contract to build her was awarded on 22 March 1982 to Todd Shipyard of San Pedro, California. Her keel was laid on 19 November 1983, she was launched on 8 February 1985, she was delivered to the Navy on 3 March 1986 and commissioned a few days later on 22 March. She was faster than 30 knots and powered by two gas turbine engines. Armed with anti-air and anti-ship missiles, an automated three-inch gun, an anti-missile defense system, and two anti-submarine helicopters, Reuben James was tasked with hunting submarines as well as battle group escort and maritime interception.

Reuben James appeared in the movie, The Hunt for Red October, and played a significant role in the book, Red Storm Rising, both by Tom Clancy. It is one of the few US Navy ships in film history to actually portray itself.

For other ships of this name, see USS Reuben James.