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Guided missile frigate USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27)

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Classification

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

Basic information

Namesake:
Vice Admiral Mahlon S. Tisdale
Renaming:
  • TCG Gokceada (F494) (05.04.1999-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, 1999

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 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 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 Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27), nineteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided missile frigates, was named for Vice Admiral Mahlon Street Tisdale (1890–1972). Ordered from Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California, on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, Mahlon S. Tisdale was laid down on 19 March 1980, launched on 7 February 1981, and commissioned on 27 November 1982. She was the frigate short-hull variant (Flight I).

Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27) was the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy.

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