Question: USS "Elrod" (FFG-55), an "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named after Captain Henry T. Elrod (1905–1941), a Marine aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II, for his heroism in the defense of which coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion, 1,501 mi east of Guam, 2,298 mi west of Honolulu and 1,991 mi southeast of Tokyo?

Context articles: USS Elrod (FFG-55)
USS Rodney M. Davis
Wake Island
USS Nicholas (FFG-47)
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
USS Ford (FFG-54)
USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG-49)
USS Halyburton (FFG-40)
USS Rentz (FFG-46)
USS Taylor (FFG-50)

USS "Elrod" (FFG-55), an "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named after Captain Henry T. Elrod (1905–1941), a Marine aviator who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the defense of Wake Island in World War II.
USS "Rodney M. Davis" (FFG-60) was an "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class guided missile frigate of the United States Navy named for Marine Sergeant Rodney M. Davis (1942–1967), who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Vietnam War.
Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion, 1,501 mi east of Guam, 2,298 mi west of Honolulu and 1,991 mi southeast of Tokyo.
 The island is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States Minor Outlying Islands that is also claimed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
 Wake Island is one of the most isolated islands in the world and the nearest inhabited island is Utirik Atoll in the Marshall Islands, 592 mi to the southeast.
USS "Nicholas" (FFG-47), an "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class frigate , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Major Samuel Nicholas, the first commanding officer of the United States Marines.
 A third-generation guided missile frigate of the Oliver Hazard Perry class, she was laid down as Bath Iron Works hull number 388 on 27 September 1982 and launched 23 April 1983.
 Sponsor at her commissioning there on 10 March 1984 was the same Mrs. Edward B. Tryon who sponsored DD 449 in 1942.
The "Oliver Hazard Perry" class is a class of guided missile frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie.
 Also known as the "Perry" or FFG-7 class, the warships were designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels inexpensive enough to be bought in large quantities to replace World War II-era destroyers and complement 1960s-era "Knox"-class frigate s.
 In Admiral Elmo Zumwalt's "high low fleet plan", the FFG-7s were the low capability ships with the "Spruance"-class destroyer s serving as the high capability ships.
 Intended to protect amphibious landing forces, supply and replenishment groups, and merchant convoys from aircraft and submarines, they were also later part of battleship-centred surface action groups and aircraft carrier battle groups/strike groups.
 Fifty-five ships were built in the United States: 51 for the United States Navy and four for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
 In addition, eight were built in Taiwan, six in Spain, and two in Australia for their navies.
 Former U.S. Navy warships of this class have been sold or donated to the navies of Bahrain, Egypt, Poland, Pakistan, Taiwan and Turkey.
USS "Ford" (FFG-54), an "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class frigate , is a ship of the United States Navy named for Gunner's Mate Patrick O. Ford (1942–1968).
 Ford was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism as a patrol river boatman in the Vietnam War.
 A description of Gunner's Mate Ford's actions can be found here.
USS "Robert G. Bradley" (FFG-49) is an "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class frigate, a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Robert G. Bradley (1921–1944), who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism on USS "Princeton" (CVL-23) during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
USS "Halyburton" (FFG-40), an "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class frigate , is a ship of the United States Navy named for Pharmacist's Mate Second Class William D. Halyburton, Jr. (1924–1945).
 Halyburton was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism while serving with the 5th Marines, during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
USS "Rentz" (FFG-46) was an "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class of guided missile frigate, of the United States Navy, the 40th ship to be constructed of its class.
 The "Rentz" was named after World War II Navy Chaplain George S. Rentz (1882–1942).
 Rentz was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for actions following the loss of USS "Houston" in the Battle of Sunda Strait.
 He was the only Navy chaplain to be so honored during World War II.
USS "Taylor" (FFG-50), an "Oliver Hazard Perry"-class frigate , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Jesse J. Taylor (1925–1965), a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Vietnam War.