1981 to 2003    

FFG-15 USS Estocin

US US Navy

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




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Call Sign: NMJE
Shipyard: Bath Iron Works





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History of US USS Estocin FFG-15

1979-apr-02Laid downLaid down
1979-nov-03LaunchedLaunched
1981-jan-10CommissionedCommissioned
1982-sep-01DeploymentDeployment NAVOCFORMED to Naples for 5 day NAVOCFORMED preparations, including HMS Naiad, Alpino and HS Themistocles
1982-sep-07AircraftAircraft Accident SH-2 Seaprite ditched from ship and sank in Mediterranenan near Naples
1982-sep-07AircraftAircraft accident SH-2F 151328
2003-apr-03DecommissionedDecommissioned
2003-apr-03Fate: transferedFate: transfered to Turkey as Göksu

History of G class TR TCG Goksu F497

2015-apr-11DeploymentDeployment UK North Western Approaches Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 participated in JW 15-1, off NW Scotland with embarked S-70B.
2015-jun-05DeploymentDeployment BALTOPS 15 deployed to Baltic Sea for BALTOPS 2015.



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  Specifications


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

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






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US Bath Iron Works,




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