From the Oct. 5, 2012 Ho'okele:Pearl Harbor-Hickam News.
The USS Reuben James (FFG 57) has ties with the War of 1812 and is home-ported at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is an Oliver Hazard Perry Class guided missile frigate. It was commissioned in 1986 and is scheduled to be decommissioned in August 2013. The 453 foot long ship has a beam of 45 feet and crew of a little over 200.
Along with missiles, and anti-aircraft batteries, it also carries two helicopters.
The class of ships is named after the hero of the War of 1812 Battle of Lake Erie "We have met the enemy and they are ours" Oliver Hazard Perry.
The ship was named for boatswain's mate Ruben James who fought during the war as well as the Quasi War with France and the two Barbary Wars and saved the life of Lt. Stephen Decatur in the Philadelphia operation in the First Barbary War.
A previous destroyer named Ruben James was the firt US Naval ship sunk during World War II.
Now, You Know. --Brock=Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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