USS Gallery
{{Short description|Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=USS Gallery FFG-26.jpg|image_size=200px|alt=USS Gallery FFG-26 |Ship caption=USS Gallery (FFG-26) }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1996}} |Ship name=Gallery |Ship namesake=Rear Admirals, brothers, Philip D. Gallery, Daniel V. Gallery, William O. Gallery |Ship ordered=28 February 1977 |Ship builder=Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |Ship yard number= |Ship laid down=17 May 1980 |Ship launched=20 December 1980 |Ship sponsor=Co-sponsored by Mrs. Philip D. Gallery and Mrs. Daniel V. Gallery |Ship acquired=10 November 1981 |Ship commissioned=5 December 1981 |Ship decommissioned=14 June 1996 |Ship struck=14 June 1996 |Ship homeport=Mayport, Florida and Pascagoula, Mississippi |Ship identification=*Hull symbol:FFG-26
|Ship motto=*"Manu Forti"
|Ship fate=transferred to Egyptian Navy, 25 September 1996{{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 }} |Ship badge={{Dodseal|FFG-26|150}} }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Egypt |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Egypt|naval}} |Ship name=Taba |Ship namesake=Town of Taba, Egypt |Ship acquired=25 September 1996 |Ship commissioned=13 July 1997 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship struck= |Ship identification=F916 |Ship status={{ship in active service|2018}} |Ship fate= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |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}} |Ship draft={{OHP frigate draft}} |Ship propulsion={{OHP frigate propulsion}} |Ship speed={{OHP frigate speed}} |Ship range={{OHP frigate range}} |Ship complement={{OHP frigate complement}} |Ship sensors={{OHP frigate sensors}} |Ship EW=AN/SLQ-32 |Ship armament={{OHP frigate armament}} |Ship aircraft=1 × SH-2F LAMPS I }} |
USS Gallery (FFG-26), eighteenth ship of the {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} of guided-missile frigates, was named for three brothers: Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery (1901–1977), Rear Admiral William O. Gallery (1904–1981), and Rear Admiral Philip D. Gallery (1907–1973). Ordered from Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Gallery was laid down on 17 May 1980, launched on 20 December 1980, co-sponsored by Mrs. Philip D. Gallery and Mrs. Daniel V. Gallery, and commissioned on 5 December 1981. Decommissioned and stricken on 14 June 1996, she was transferred to Egypt on 25 September 1996 as Taba (F916). {{As of|2007}}, she remained in active service with the Egyptian Navy.
Gallery was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
Coat of arms
=Shield=
The colors green and gold, and the rampant lions have been adapted from a personal device of the Gallery family. The lions, symbolic of courage and strength, face in different directions indicating that the brothers for whom this ship is named, served in both theaters of operation during World War II. The star alludes to their many awards, and denote excellence and achievement. The crossed swords, adapted from the Officer and Enlisted badges, allude to Naval Combat Operations.
=Crest=
Blue and gold are the colors traditionally associated with the Navy. The upraised arm in green and gold is an adaptation from the Gallery family device. The collared and chained sea-wolf symbolizes the only capture of a U-boat from the German wolf-packs during World War II. The crest also symbolizes the curbing and destruction of the enemy sub activities in the Pacific theatre.
=Motto=
Manu Forti – "With a Strong Hand"
References
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External links
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Category:Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates of the United States Navy
Category:Ships built in Bath, Maine
Category:Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States