F496 TCG Gokova Turkish Navy 1980 to 2002 - US Navy - Oliver Hazard Perry class FFG-13 USS Samuel Eliot Morison ---- turkey classes ----Guided-Missile Frigate ............ G classFrigate ............ Barbaros classFrigate ............ Berk classFrigate ............ Yavuz classCorvette ............ B class corvette------------- Also used -------------US ... Destroyer ........... Allen M. Sumner classUS ... Destroyer ........... Gearing classUS ... Guided-Missile Frigate ........... Oliver Hazard Perry classDE ... Frigate ........... F 120 Köln classUS ... Frigate ........... Knox class--More------ G class ships ----Turkish Navy ----- F490 TCG GaziantepTurkish Navy ----- F491 TCG GiresunTurkish Navy ----- F492 TCG GemlikTurkish Navy ----- F493 TCG GeliboluTurkish Navy ----- F494 TCG GokceadaTurkish Navy ----- F495 TCG GedizTurkish Navy ----- F496 TCG GokovaTurkish Navy ----- F497 TCG Goksu--More-- 2002 to present Data Login to Edit G class FFG - Guided-Missile Frigate IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: TBOL Events Help Us Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event ---Filter---CommissionedDeploymentHistory of Oliver Hazard Perry class FFG-13 USS Samuel Eliot Morison1976-feb-27Ordered1978-dec-4Laid down1979-jul-14Launched1980-oct-11Commissioned2002-apr-10Decommissioned2002-apr-11Fate: transferedto Turkey as Gökova (F 496)History of F496 TCG Gokova2002-apr-11Commissioned2013DeploymentGulf of Aden Combined Task Force 150 operation Ocean Shield2015-apr-11DeploymentNorth Western Approaches Exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 participated in JW 15-1, off NW Scotland2016-junDeployment SNMG2 part of SNMG22019-mar-28DeploymentKing George V Dock JW19-1 Exercise Joint Warrior 19-1 Mar 2019, NATO SNMG1 member, arrived 29 Mar and participated in JW19-12019-jun-9DeploymentTirpitzhafen BALTOPS 19 Visited Kiel after BALTOPS19 9-21 Jun. Aircraft Typical Max Turkish Navy Sikorsky S-70B-28 Seahawk 01The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard