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USS Copeland

USS Copeland (FFG-25)
History
United States
Name	Copeland
Namesake	Rear Admiral Robert W. Copeland
Ordered	28 February 1977
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California
Laid down	24 October 1979
Launched	26 July 1980
Commissioned	7 August 1982
Decommissioned	18 September 1996
Stricken	18 September 1996
Homeport	San Diego, California
Identification	Hull symbol:FFG-25 Code letters:NRWC
Motto	"Force For Peace"
Fate	transferred to Egyptian Navy, 18 September 1996[1]
Mubarak (F911)
Egypt
Name	Mubarak
Namesake	Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak City of Alexandria, Egypt
Acquired	18 September 1996[1]
Commissioned	13 July 1997[1]
Renamed	Alexandria, 2011
Identification	F911
Status	in active service, as of 2023[update][1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length	445 feet (136 m), overall
Beam	45 feet (14 m)
Draft	22 feet (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 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.
Speed	over 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement	15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	As built: 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. 1 × Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) Note: As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-2F LAMPS I[3]

USS Copeland (FFG-25) was the seventeenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Robert W. Copeland (1910–1973).

Ordered from Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Copeland was laid down on 24 October 1979, launched on 26 July 1980, and commissioned on 7 August 1982. Decommissioned and stricken on 18 September 1996, she was transferred to Egypt the same day as Mubarak (F911). After the 2011 revolution the ship was renamed to remove the former ruler's name. The ship is named Alexandria (F911) now. As of 2023^[update], she remained in active service with the Egyptian Navy.^[1]

Copeland was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

 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.

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