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USS Estocin FFG-15 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine |
Hull Number: |
FFG-15 (USA) F-497 (Turkey) |
Ordered: |
February 27, 1976 |
Commissioned: |
January 10, 1981 |
Keel Laid: |
April 2, 1979 |
Decommissioned: |
April 3, 2003 |
Launched: |
November 3, 1979 |
Stricken: |
April 3, 2003 |
Fate: |
Transferred to Turkey April 3, 2003 and renamed Gosku F-497
Still active. |
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Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
445' |
Engines: |
2 General Electric LM 2500 Gas Turbines |
Beam: |
47' |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Draft: |
16' (25' sonar) |
Shafts: |
1 |
Displacement: |
3,106 std. / 4,031 full |
SHP: |
41,000 |
Speed: |
29 knots |
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Crew: |
Aprox. 220 |
Range: |
4,500 NM @ 20 knots |
Notes: |
Named in honor of Medal of Honor winner Lt. Cmdr. Michael John Estocin USN (1931-1967). |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Feb. 5, 2007 |