USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)

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Career

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Builder:Bath Iron Works

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Ordered:27 February 1976

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27 February - 1976

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Laid down:4 December 1978

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4 December - 1978

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Launched:14 July 1979

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14 July - 1979

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Delivered:1 August 1980

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1 August - 1980

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Commissioned:11 October 1980

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11 October - 1980

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Fate:sold to Turkey on 11 April 2002, renamed

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Turkey - 11 April - 2002

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TCG Gokova (F 496)

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Struck:23 July 2002

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23 July - 2002

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General Characteristics

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Displacement:3,101 tons light, 3,984 tons full, 883 tons dead

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Length:445 ft (136 m) overall, 408 ft (124 m) waterline

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Beam:45 ft (13.5 m)

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Draft:24.6 feet (7.5 m), 17 ft (5.2 m) limit

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Propulsion2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines producing 41,000 shp (31 MW)

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General Electric LM2500-30 - Gas turbine

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Speed:29 knots (54 km/h)

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Complement:17 officers, 198 enlisted, 19 aircrew

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Armament:four AGM-84 Harpoon missiles,

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36 SM-1MR Standard missiles,

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2 x triple-mount 324 mm Mk32 tubes for Mk46 torpedoes,

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1 x 3 in (76 mm) 62 caliber Mk75 rapid firing gun,

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one Phalanx CIWS, 4 x .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machineguns

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Aircraft:one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I)

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USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), the seventh Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, 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.

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''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigate - Samuel Eliot Morison

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On 11 April 2002, Samuel Eliot Morison was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey, where she was renamed TCG Gökova (F 496) and joined the other Gaziantep-class (Perry-class) frigates that the Turkish Navy has acquired from the United States.

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11 April - 2002 - Turkey - TCG ''Gökova'' (F 496) - ''Gaziantep''-class - ''Perry''-class - Turkish Navy - United States

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Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.

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