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Guided missile frigate USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)

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Classification

Ship class:
G-class frigate Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Renaming:
  • TCG Gökova (F496) (11.04.2002-present)
Operator:
Turkish Naval ForcesTurkish Naval Forces United States NavyUnited States Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Bath Iron Works (BIW)Bath Iron Works (BIW)
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces, 2002

Ship measurements

Displacement:
4,166 t
Length:
135.6 m
Beam:
13.7 m
Draft:
6.7 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
COGAG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * GE LM 2500 gas turbines, 41,000 hp (31 MW)
  • 1 * propeller and 2 * bow thrusters
Speed:
30 knots
Range:
5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
222

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar
  • AN/SPS-55 Surface Search Radar
  • Mk.92 Missile Fire Control System
  • AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare System
  • AN/SQS-56 Sonar
  • Mk.36 SRBOC Decoy System
  • AN/SQR-19 Towed Array Sonar System
  • AN/SQQ-89 ASW Integration System
  • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Decoy System
Armament:
  • 1 * Mk.13 Mod.4 single-arm missile launcher for
  • 36 * RIM-66 Standard / SM-1MR SAM missiles and 4 * RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
  • 1 * Mk.75 (3"/62 — 76mm/62caliber) rapid firing gun
  • 1 * Mk.15 Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS)
  • 2 * Mk.32 (12.75"/324mm) triple torpedo tubes for 6 * Mk.46 torpedos
Aircraft:
  • 2 * AB-212 ASW or S-70B Seahawk helicopters

USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), was the seventh Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976), one of America's most distinguished naval historians, who wrote more than 40 books on naval history.

Samuel Eliot Morison was the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy. She was the frigate short-hull variant (Flight I).

On 11 April 2002, Samuel Eliot Morison was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey, where she was renamed as TCG Gökova (F 496) and joined the other Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessels acquired by the Turkish Navy as G-class frigates.

In 2013 has contributed to Operation Ocean Shield with others NATO Forces Ships in the Gulf of Aden.

As of 2019, she is still in active service.

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