USS Chesapeake
USS ''Chesapeake'' may refer to: *, a 38-gun frigate in commission from 1800 to 1813 *USS ''Chesapeake'', a sloop renamed in 1799 while still under construction, launched in 1799, and sold in 1801 *USS ''Chesapeake'', a bark which served as a training ship from 1900 to 1910, was renamed in 1905, and served as a submarine tender from 1910 until decommissioned in 1916 *, a salvage ship in commission from March to October 1919 *, a transport tanker in service from 2000 to 2009 *, a proposed ''Constellation'' class guided missile frigate {{DEFAULTSORT:Chesapeake, Uss United States Navy ship names ...
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Constellation-class Frigate
The ''Constellation'' class is a class of multi-mission guided-missile frigates under development for the United States Navy as a follow-on to the modular littoral combat ship. The U.S. Navy announced the FFG(X) frigate project in the United States Department of Defense Request For Information (RFI) on 10 July 2017. The U.S. Navy selected five shipbuilders to evolve their designs into a prospective design for the proposed twenty FFG(X) guided-missile frigates. On 30 April 2020, it was announced that Fincantieri Marinette Marine had won the contract with its FREMM multipurpose frigate-based design. The project was later renamed FFG-62 program after the lead ship was named. Development The U.S. Navy procured the first FFG 62 in FY2020, the next was awarded in April 2021, and the third is planned to be awarded is FY22. The U.S. Navy's proposed FY2020 budget request was $1.281 billion for the procurement of the first FFG 62. The U.S. Navy's FY2020 budget submission shows that s ...
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