USS Samuel Eliot Morison FFG-13 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine |
Hull Number: |
FFG-13 (USA) F-496 (Turkey) |
Ordered: |
February 27, 1976 |
Commissioned: |
October 10, 1980 (USA) April 10, 2002 (Turkey) |
Keel Laid: |
December 4, 1978 |
Decommissioned: |
April 10, 2002 |
Launched: |
July 14, 1979 |
Stricken: |
July 23, 2002 |
Fate: |
Transferred to Turkey April 10, 2002 and renamed Gokova F-496
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: |
3,101 std. / 3,984 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
Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison USN (1887-1976). |
Builder's Data |
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Page revised Apr. 17, 2007 |