Those of you who served on them, what did you think of them?
My last cruise on the USS Robison (DDG-12), we were frequently accompanied by the USS George Philip (FFG-12). (We referred to her as the Boy George.)
Since the Robi was seventeen years older and steam powered, the guys on the Boy George (gas turbines) kept speculating on when the Robi would breakdown.
We used to refer to the newer gas turbine ship crews as quiche eaters.
We completed the entire cruise without incident however, pulling into San Diego at the end of the cruise the Boy George lost power and had to be towed in.
Pretty embarrassing when the pier is full of friends and family there to welcome you home.
FFG-60 Rodney M. Davis. My first ship after I commissioned. I thought they actually did quite a bit for their crew size - carried 2 lamps (not often enough to actually do that), had a passive tail, Mk48 torps, CIWS, 75MM gun, Single rail launcher for Surface to air missles or harpoons. Only real drawbacks were the SAMs were too short range for proper screening and the radar suite was limited. Gas turbine engines were solid.
Course when VLS and phased array radars came out the writing was on the wall.