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Guided missile frigate USS John A. Moore (FFG-19)

Guided missile frigate USS John A. Moore (FFG-19) 0Guided missile frigate USS John A. Moore (FFG-19) 1

Classification

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

Basic information

Namesake:
Commander John Anderson Moore
Renaming:
  • TCG Gediz (F495) (01.09.2000-present)
Operator:
Turkish Naval ForcesTurkish Naval Forces United States NavyUnited States Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Transferred to Turkish Naval Forces, 2000

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 John A. Moore (FFG-19), eleventh ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided missile frigates, was named for Commander John Anderson Moore (1910–1944). Ordered from Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, John A. Moore was laid down on 19 September 1978, launched on 20 October 1979, and commissioned on 14 November 1981. She was the frigate short-hull variant (Flight I).

John A. Moore was the first ship of that name in the US Navy. The namesake was commanding officer of the submarine USS Grayback (SS-208) in 1943 and 1944. Cdr. Moore received three awards of the Navy Cross during his command, the last posthumously after Grayback was sunk in February 1944.

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