Frankfurt am Main leaving Portsmouth, UK on 12 March 2012.
History
Germany
Name	Frankfurt am Main
Namesake	Frankfurt am Main
Ordered	22 August 1997
Builder	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
Launched	5 January 2001
Commissioned	27 May 2002
Homeport	Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Identification	MMSI number: 211211760 Callsign: DRKB Pennant number: A1412
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Replenishment oiler
Displacement	20,240 tonnes
Length	173.7 m (569 ft 11 in)
Beam	24 m (78 ft 9 in)
Height	17.5 m (57 ft 5 in)
Draft	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 × MAN Diesel 12V 32/40 diesel-engines, 5,340 kW each 2 × reduction gears, 2 × controllable pitch four-bladed propellers 1 × bow thruster 4 × 1200 kW diesel generators
Speed	20 kn (37 km/h)
Range	16,000 km (9,900 mi)+
Endurance	45 days
Complement	139 (+ 94)
Armament	4 × MLG 27 mm autocannons Stinger surface-to-air missile (MANPADS)
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea King or NH90 helicopters
Aviation facilities	hangar and flight deck

Frankfurt am Main (A1412) is the second ship of the Berlin-class combat replenish oiler.

The Berlin-class replenishment ships are the largest vessels of the German Navy.^[1] In German, this type of ship is called Einsatzgruppenversorger which can be translated as "task force supplier" though the official translation in English is "combat support ship".

They are intended to support German naval units away from their home ports. The ships carry fuel, provisions, ammunition and other matériel and also provide medical services. The ships are named after German cities where German parliaments were placed.

Frankfurt am Main was ordered on 22 August 1997 and launched in on 5 January 2011 in Hamburg. She was commissioned on 27 May 2002.^[2][3]

Frankfurt am Main comes alongside the USS Mesa Verde for a mock underway replenishment during the 50th iteration of UNITAS Gold on 26 April 2009.^[4]

Her first home port was Kiel, since September 26, 2012, she has been stationed at the Heppenser Groden naval base in Wilhelmshaven.^[5]

On March 16, 2017, she was damaged in the evening when entering homeport Wilhelmshaven. When reversing in the port, Frankfurt am Main‘s stern collided with the concrete porch of the lock island. The planned participation in the Exercise Joint Warrior near Scotland for the following week had to be canceled.^[6]

• FGS Frankfurt am Main Gallery
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  Frankfurt am Main at HDW shipyard in Kiel. Floating barracks Knurrhahn in the foreground on 17 August 2007.
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  Frankfurt am Main leaving Portsmouth, UK in January 2009.
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  Frankfurt am Main alongside USS Mesa Verde during UNITAS Gold on 26 April 2009.
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  Frankfurt am Main alongside USS Mesa Verde during UNITAS Gold on 26 April 2009.
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  Frankfurt am Main leaving Portsmouth, UK on 12 March 2012.