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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = [[File:ENS Sharm El Sheikh (FFG 901).jpg|300px]]
| Ship caption = ENS ''Sharm El-Sheik'' in the [[Red Sea]] in March 2021
}}
{{Infobox ship career
| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag|1998}}
| Ship name = ''Fahrion''
| Ship namesake = [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] [[Frank G. Fahrion|Frank George Fahrion]] (1894–1970)
| Ship ordered = 28 February 1977
| Ship builder = [[Todd Pacific Shipyards]], [[Seattle]], Washington
| Ship yard number = 
| Ship laid down = 1 December 1978
| Ship launched = 24 August 1979
| Ship sponsor = Mrs. Kathleen Dwyer Fahrion, Admiral Fahrion's widow
| Ship acquired = 29 December 1981
| Ship commissioned = 16 January 1982
| Ship decommissioned = 31 March 1998
| Ship struck = 31 March 1998
| Ship identification = *[[Hull classification symbol#Surface combatant type|Hull symbol]]:FFG-22
*[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]:NFGF
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}}{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}}
| Ship motto = "Tenacity"
| Ship homeport = [[Naval Station Mayport|Mayport]], Florida (former)
| Ship fate = transferred to [[Egyptian Navy]], 31 March 1998<ref name=Wertheim>{{cite book | editor-last = Wertheim | editor-first = Eric | edition = 15th | title = The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems | chapter = Egypt | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | publisher = [[Naval Institute Press]] | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-1-59114-955-2 | oclc = 140283156 | page = 171 }}</ref>
| Ship badge = {{Dodseal|FFG-22|149}}
}}
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| Ship country = Egypt
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Egypt|naval}}
| Ship name = ''Sharm El-Sheik''
| Ship namesake = City of [[Sharm El-Sheik]]
| Ship acquired = 31 March 1998<ref name=Wertheim />
| Ship commissioned = 
| Ship decommissioned = 
| Ship struck = 
| Ship identification = F901
| Ship status = {{ship in active service|2018}}<ref name=Wertheim />
| Ship fate = 
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| Header caption = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/07/0722.htm | title=USS Fahrion (FFG 22) |website=NavSource | access-date=11 April 2015}}</ref>
| Ship class = {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|3}}
| Ship displacement = {{OHP frigate displacement}}
| Ship length = {{OHP frigate length short hull}}
| Ship beam = {{OHP frigate beam}}
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| Ship sensors = {{OHP frigate sensors}}
| Ship EW = [[AN/SLQ-32]]
| Ship armament = {{OHP frigate armament}}
| Ship aircraft = 1 × [[Kaman SH-2 Seasprite|SH-2F LAMPS I]]<ref name="navysite">{{cite web | url=http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG22.HTM | title=USS Fahrion (FFG 22) | publisher=Navysite.de | access-date=11 April 2015}}</ref>
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'''USS ''Fahrion'' (FFG-22)''', fourteenth ship of the {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|0}} of guided-missile [[frigate]]s, was named for Admiral [[Frank G. Fahrion|Frank George Fahrion]] (1894–1970).

Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, ''Fahrion'' was laid down on 1 December 1978, launched on 24 August 1979, and commissioned on 16 January 1982. Transferred to Egypt on 15 March 1998 as '''ENS''' '''''Sharm El-Sheik'' (F901)''', she was formally decommissioned and stricken on 31 March 1998. {{As of|March 2021}},<ref>{{cite web |title=210314-M-JX780-1329 |url=https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Photo-Gallery/igphoto/2002603354/ |website=navy.mil |access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref> ''Sharm El-Sheik'' remained in active service with the [[Egyptian Navy]].<ref name=Wertheim />
{{stack|[[File:USS Fahrion (FFG-22) underway in 1995.JPEG|thumb|250x250px|USS Fahrion in American service in 1985.]]}}
''Fahrion'' (FFG-22) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

==Operations and Missions==
*Multinational Peacekeeping Force Beirut Lebanon - Oct. 1983 - March 1984
*Operation Earnest Will -MEF 2–86
*Operation Earnest Will -MEF 2–88 (May 1988 – Sept 1988)
*Baltops 89 (June 1989 – Sept 1989)
*Great Lakes Cruise (June 1990 – September 1990)
*Operation Abel Vigil (June 1994 – August 1994)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-22.htm | title=FFG 22 Fahrion }}</ref>
*UNITAS 36–95 (27 June 1995<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/opinions/1999Term/98-0095.htm | title=U.S. V. Olinger }}</ref>-December 1995)
*Great Lakes Cruise (June 1997 – September 1997)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Naval Vessel Register|hull=FFG-22}}

==External links==
*[http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/fahrion_ffg_22_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest USS Fahrion FFG-22 pages]
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-22.htm GlobalSecurity.org FFG-22]

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