Who built the ship and equipped it?
For more info, just click here:
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/naval/saar5/Saar5.html
One of our U.S. shipyards built the hull in 1994, and the weapon systems were added in Israel.
They're built by Northrop Grumman, at the Pascagoula MS shipyard..... Same place most US, frigates are built