Naval Station Everett Future Homeport for New Constellation Class Frigates

As a major homeport for Navy ships, Naval Station Everett will continue to support the fleet, its service members and their families.

Everett will serve as the homeport for 12 Constellation-class frigates, with a future decision on the Navy’s homeport for the following ships.

The Navy’s home porting plan will ensure that the armed forces are optimally positioned to support national security.

The new Constellation-class frigates are being built with enhanced capabilities to support the National Defense Strategy goal of achieving a resilient and agile force faster and more cheaply.

This new class of frigate is designed as agile, multi-mission warships capable of operating in both blue water and coastal environments, within an attack group or independently, to provide a more believable forward presence in combat.

Specifically, Constellation-class frigates will include an Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR), Baseline Ten (BL10) AEGIS Combat System, Mk 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS), enhanced C4ISR capabilities, MK 110 57mm gun, countermeasures and additional Design flexibility for future growth.

Last year, the Navy awarded the contract to build the first new frigate, the USS Constellation (FFG 62), which is due for delivery in 2026.

The previous Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates entered service between 1977 and 1989. They were decommissioned between 1994 and 2015. The last Everett homeport frigate, USS Rodney M. Davis, was decommissioned in 2015.

The Navy’s Surface Force is the preeminent resource our nation has to protect its interests and maintain its prosperity around the world. The Navy continues to focus on building and deploying combat-ready, combat-ready teams that can complete their missions today and tomorrow at home and abroad. Constellation-class frigates will help us and enable us to maintain our lead at sea.

As a land installation, Naval Station Everett supports the fleet so that active and reserve military personnel are ready for action in the interests of national defense. The Navy plans to increase capabilities across the company. For land installations, this includes improvements that provide greater capacity to support a growing number of naval vessels in the fleet.