USS Hamilton (FFG-66)

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

Artist rendering of the final Constellation-class design
History
United States
Name	Hamilton
Namesake	Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804), a Founding Father of the United States
Awarded	23 May 2024
Builder	Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin
Identification	Hull number: FFG-66
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 Hamilton (FFG-66) will be the fifth Constellation-class guided-missile frigate of the United States Navy. She will be the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, the first US Secretary of the Treasury, who was instrumental in the formation of both the United States Coast Guard and the United States Navy.

She will be built by Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, with an expected completion in 2030. Her name was announced on 23 May 2024 by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro during the New York City Fleet Week when he announced the order of both Hamilton and sister-ship USS Galvez.

References

•  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.