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What it would take to reactivate the Oliver Hazard Perry class

A one-year reactivation estimate depends on having recoverable frigates left, and the best Oliver Hazard Perry-class candidates had already been sold.

Question

How long would it take to reactivate all of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates?

Short answer

About a year for recoverable ships, but the best candidates had already been sold.

Notes

Reactivating a recoverable Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate could take about a year. That estimate depends on ships in suitable condition still being available, and the best examples had already been sold. The practical inventory would therefore be much smaller than the class's historical numbers suggest. Fleet reactivation depends on material condition and retained hulls as much as it does on the time needed to recommission them.