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Line 112: ==Frigates== [[Image:Samuel_B_Roberts_FFG-58.jpg\|thumb\|U.S. Navy frigate, [[USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)\|USS ''Samuel B. Roberts'' (FFG-58)]]]] Frigates (according to the modern classification of U.S. navy warships) are smaller ships than destroyers. They are designed primarily to protect other ships (such as merchant convoys), and perform some Anti-Submarine Warfare duties. They are of more limited scope than destroyers, but are also more cost-efficient. Although there are currently approximately 30 active duty frigates in the United States Navy, all of [[Oliver Hazard Perry class]], the Navy's five-year shipbuilding plan does not include plans for any additional frigates -- indeed, the official website of the latest frigate, USS Ingraham (FFG-61) identifies her as "the Last and Finest" [http://www.ingraham.navy.mil/].

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