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Guided missile frigate USS Flatley (FFG-21)

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Classification

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

Basic information

Namesake:
Vice Admiral James H. Flatley
Renaming:
  • TCG Gemlik (F492) (10.10.2001-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, 2001

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 Flatley (FFG-21) was the thirteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided missile frigates. She was the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Vice Admiral James H. Flatley (1906–1958), a leading Naval Aviation tactician from World War II who flew the Grumman F4F Wildcat in the Battle of Coral Sea and subsequently commanded the VF-10 Grim Reapers taking them into combat for the first time. She was the frigate short-hull variant (Flight I).

Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Flatley's keel was laid down on 13 November 1979. She was launched on 15 May 1980, and commissioned on 20 June 1981. Decommissioned on 11 May 1996, she was sold to Turkey on 27 August 1998.

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