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  • FFG-15 USS Estocin

    US US Navy

    2003 to present - TR Turkish Navy - G class F497 TCG Goksu    



    1981 to 2003    



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    Call Sign: NMJE
    Shipyard: Bath Iron Works


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    History of US FFG-15 USS Estocin

    1979-apr-2Laid down
    1979-nov-3Launched
    1981-jan-10Commissioned
    1982-sep-1DeploymentNAVOCFORMED to Naples for 5 day NAVOCFORMED preparations, including HMS Naiad, Alpino and HS Themistocles
    1982-sep-7AircraftAccident SH-2 Seaprite ditched from ship and sank in Mediterranenan near Naples
    1982-sep-7Aircraftaccident SH-2F 151328
    2003-apr-3Decommissioned
    2003-apr-3Fate: transferedto Turkey as Göksu

    History of TR G class F497 TCG Goksu

    2015-apr-11DeploymentUKNorth Western Approaches Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 participated in JW 15-1, off NW Scotland with embarked S-70B.
    2015-jun-5Deployment BALTOPS 15 deployed to Baltic Sea for BALTOPS 2015.

    Specifications

       

        from Oliver Hazard Perry class
    226crew
    4200full load (tn)
    136length (m)
    13.70beam (m)
    6.70draught (m)
    5000range (nm)
    29max speed (knots)
    2Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500
    1Missile Launcher Mk 13
    1Naval Gun Oto Melara 76 mm
    1Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm
    2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm
    1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-49
    1Naval Radar surface search radar AN/SPS-55

    Aircraft

       

        Typical Max
    US US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 12
    US US Navy Kaman Seasprite 12

    The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard    

    Builder

       

    US Bath Iron Works,



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