Фрегат USS Gary (FFG 51): История службы и передача Тайваню

Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate

USS Gary (FFG 51) was an in the United States Navy. She was named for Medal of Honor recipient Commander Donald A. Gary (1903–1977). Gary was laid down on 18 December 1982 at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California; launched on 19 November 1983, co sponsored by Mrs. Dorothy G. Gary, widow of the late Cmdr. Gary, and Mrs. Joyce Leamer, the late Medal of Honor recipient's niece; The Gary was decommissioned from the US Navy on 5 August 2015 with the Taiwanese crew taking possession on 13 March 2017, and arrived at the ROCN Zyoying Naval Base on 13 May. She was formally commissioned into ROCN as the ROCS Feng Jia (PFG 1115) on 8 November 2018.

Gary is the forty fifth ship of the of guided missile frigates. These ships were built to provide air, surface and sub surface protection for underway replenishment groups, convoys, amphibious groups and other military and merchant shipping. While a capable surface combatant in these traditional warfare areas, Garys role has expanded from that of the early 1980s to meet the threats and contingencies of the 21st century. Being the smallest multi mission surface combatant in the U. S. Navy, Garys shallow draft gives her an advantage over larger cruisers and destroyers in the littoral operations that have characterized recent conflicts. Garys engineering plant is computer controlled and monitored, reducing the number of watchstanders required in the engineering spaces themselves. Two marine gas turbine engines provide propulsion. Digital electronic logic circuits and remotely operated valves are monitored in a central control station and make Gary capable of getting ready to get underway in less than ten minutes rather than the eight hours required by steam powered ships. One of the U. S. Navy's premiere anti submarine warfare platforms, Gary routinely deploys for bilateral anti submarine exercises and real world contingency operations in the western Pacific and Indian Oceans. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, she displayed her versatility, deploying to the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Aden and Red Sea, conducting carrier escort and air defense, intelligence gathering and presence missions, terrorist interdiction operations, rescue at sea and escorted dozens of merchant and military supply ships through the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el Mandeb strait. From 1999 to 2007, Gary was forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, as part of the United States Seventh Fleet. During 2007, Gary completed a hull swap/crew swap with McCampbell and to be home ported at Naval Station, San Diego.

An Iranian mine damaged guided missile frigate Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf on 14 April 1988. On 18 April the U. S. launched retaliatory Operation Praying Mantis against the Iranian occupied Rakhsh, Salman (Sassan), and Sīrrī D (Nassr) oil platforms. As the Task Unit Commander of joint forces in the Northern Persian Gulf, Gary coordinated her efforts with naval, Air Force and Army aircraft as well as special operations boat units while protecting Mobile Sea Bases Hercules and Wimbrown VII during the fighting. She even claimed to have shot down a Silkworm missile, but this was never officially credited nor was she officially commended for her actions due to political reasons at that time. While aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, guided missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur, and Gary, with an embarked an SH 60B Seahawk of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (Light) (HSL) 51 Detachment 5, passed through the Strait of Malacca, en route to the Indian Ocean, on 7 October 2001, they rescued five Indonesian fishermen from their sinking 40 foot fishing vessel. The ship was inactivated on 5 August 2015 and then prepared for transfer to Taiwan. The Republic of China Navy inaugurated the ship as the ROCS Feng Jia (PFG 1115) on 8 November 2018.