This is a list of frigates of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number. It includes all of the hull classification symbols FF and FFG. Prior to the 1975 ship reclassification, ships that are now …

Dec 23, 2025 · Navy leaders scrap Constellation and pivot to a Legend-class-based FF(X) frigate—built fast at Ingalls, modular and U.S.-made, aiming for 2028.

Index of modern and historical navy warships classified as Frigates.

Dec 23, 2025 · The US Navy has selected HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding to design and construct a new class of small, agile combatant ships intended to complement larger multi-mission vessels and expand …

Dec 19, 2025 · The Navy is leveraging the Legend class National Security Cutter to plug the gap left by axing the Constellation class frigate.

Dec 19, 2025 · The Navy will build a new "Golden Fleet" frigate class based on the Coast Guard's Legend-class cutter. Top shipbuilder HII will build the first vessel, expected to launch in 2028.

Aug 28, 2025 · The United States Navy currently has no ships officially designated as “frigates” (FFG) in active service. The last class, Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates (FFG-7), saw its final vessel, USS …

Dec 19, 2025 · Description The Constellation-Class Guided-Missile Frigate (FFG 62) is designed to be an agile, multi-mission warship, capable of operations in both blue-water and littoral environments,...

For three decades after World War II, the U.S. Navy used the term frigate for a type of escort vessel slightly larger than a destroyer. In 1975, these ships were reclassified as cruisers and destroyers, …

The U.S. Navy wanted a frigate that could keep up with the aircraft carriers and have sensors networked in with the rest of the fleet to expand the overall tactical picture available to the group.