USS McInerney (FFG-8), is an Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigate, in service with the United States Navy from 1979 to 2010.

Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 27 February 1976 as part of the U.S. fiscal year 1975 (FY75) program, McInerney was laid down on 16 January 1978, launched on 4 November 1978, and commissioned on 15 December 1979.

McInerney's mission was to provide multi-threat protection for military and merchant shipping, amphibious task forces and underway replenishment groups.

McInerney made brief port visits to Tangiers, Morocco, and Catania, Sicily and supported the Multi-National Force in Beirut, Lebanon (earning her the Navy Expeditionary Medal).

After transiting the Suez Canal, McInerney operated in the Indian Ocean and made port calls to Karachi, Pakistan, Columbo, Sri Lanka, and Mombasa, Kenya.

She received the Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Citation with the Operational Distinguishing Device, for her efforts in law enforcement during this period.

During this deployment she visited ports in Djibouti, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Pakistan, and Palma, Spain.

The ship returned from the Middle East in July 1991 after escorting more than 50 merchant vessels through the mine-swept waters to Kuwait ports.

McInerney's humanitarian efforts, throughout her career, include assisting the tug Taurus in the Jacksonville Operating Area, transferring a wounded merchant seaman during the Tanker War, rescuing sailors from the sinking motor vessel Jenneastar in the Mediterranean and escorting merchant ships carrying needed supplies to the ports of Kuwait through mine-swept channels in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.

For her efforts throughout the deployment, McInerney was awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal and the Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation.

The sea trials were delayed for several weeks as repairs had to be conducted in the water due to lack of available drydock space.

[12] On 18 February 2014, while operating off Oman's Masirah Island, Alamgir and the Australian frigate Melbourne intercepted and boarded a dhow found to be carrying 1,951 kilograms (4,301 lb) of cannabis resin.