USS Mahlon S. Tisdale FFG-27 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. San Pedro, California |
Hull Number: |
FFG-27 (USA) F-494 (Turkey) |
Ordered: |
January 23, 1978 |
Commissioned: |
November 27, 1982 (USA) April 5, 1999 (Turkey) |
Keel Laid: |
March 19, 1980 |
Decommissioned: |
September 27, 1996 |
Launched: |
February 7, 1981 |
Stricken: |
February 20, 1998 |
Fate: |
Transferred to Turkey April 5, 1999 and renamed Gokceada F-494
Still active. |
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: |
3,090 std. / 3,972 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 Vice Admiral Mahlon Street Tisdale USN. |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Feb. 12, 2007 |