USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
 USS Samuel Eliot Morison during sea trials in 1980 | |
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Samuel Eliot Morison |
| Namesake: | Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison |
| Ordered: | 27 February 1976 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 4 December 1978 |
| Launched: | 14 July 1979 |
| Acquired: | 1 August 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 11 October 1980 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 April 2002 |
| Struck: | 23 July 2002 |
| Homeport: |
Naval Station Mayport Charleston Naval Shipyard (Assigned 30 June 1986) |
| Identification: | Hull symbol:FFG-13 |
| Motto: | "The Past is Prologue" |
| Fate: | sold to Turkey on 11 April 2002 |
 Turkish TCG Gökova | |
| Career (Turkey) |  |
| Name: | TCG Gökova |
| Namesake: | Gökova |
| Acquired: | 11 April 2002 |
| Identification: | F 496 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
| Length: | 445 feet (136 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Draft: | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking. |
| Speed: | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
| Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar. |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: | As built:
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I[2] But may have never been modified to carry LAMPS (ie "poop deck")Lack of funding for NRF ships. |
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.
Samuel Eliot Morison was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
TCG Gökova (F 496)
On 11 April 2002, Samuel Eliot Morison was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey, where she was renamed as TCG Gökova (F 496) and joined the other Oliver Hazard Perry class vessels acquired by the Turkish Navy as G-class frigates. As of 2015, she is still in active service.
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USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
References
- ↑ "USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13)". Navsource.org. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ "USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13)". Navysite.de. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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