Perry-class retirement and the replacement gap

Should the US Navy regret retiring all of its Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates?

The avoidable mistake was retiring the aging frigates before an equivalent replacement was ready.

The Perry-class frigates were approaching the limits of their useful service lives. Their age, original construction and workload would increasingly make retention a problem. The avoidable mistake was retiring them before an equivalent replacement was available. That left the US Navy without the medium-sized surface combatants it still needed.