FFG-14 USS Sides Perry Class Frigate 3D Model

This is a high polygon model of the Perry Class Frigate. All materials and textures come with the model. Animateable features include missiles and launchers, deck gun, some radar and phalanx cannons. This model also comes in several different formats. The Perry Class of Frigates was designed in the 1970s for the United States Navy to replace aging WWII era Gearing and Sumner class Destroyers. The Frigate is a smaller Warship capable of escorting and inexpensive enough to be built in large numbers. 55 were built in the US, 51 for the USN and 4 for the RAN Australian Navy. These ships also provide the capability to fight aerial attacks by aircraft anti-ship missiles. These ships have been involved in every conflict since the late 1970s. Other countries also built this design or have been sold out of the United States Navy and after conversion, renamed and taken into service into their new navies. including. Several countries now operate the Perry Class Frigate including Poland, Pakistan, Taiwan, Bahrain, Egypt, and Turkey, Australia and China.