USSSamuel Eliot Morison

USSSamuel Eliot Morisonduring sea trials in 1980
History
United States
Name	USSSamuel Eliot Morison
Namesake	Rear AdmiralSamuel Eliot Morison
Ordered	27 February 1976
Builder	Bath Iron Works,Bath, Maine
Laid down	4 December 1978
Launched	14 July 1979
Commissioned	11 October 1980
Decommissioned	10 April 2002
Stricken	23 July 2002
Homeport	Naval Station Mayport Charleston Naval Shipyard(Assigned 30 June 1986)
Identification	Hull symbol:FFG-13 Code letters:NSEM
Motto	"The Past is Prologue"
Fate	Sold toTurkeyon 11 April 2002
Badge
Turkish TCGGökova
Turkey
Name	Gökova
Namesake	MunicipalityofGökova
Acquired	11 April 2002
Identification	F 496
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Oliver Hazard Perry-classfrigate
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 LM2500-30gas turbinesgenerating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a singleshaftandvariable pitch propeller 2 ×Auxiliary Propulsion Units,350hp(260 kW) retractable electricazimuth thrustersfor 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, plusSH-60LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-49air-searchradar AN/SPS-55surface-search radar CAS and STIRfire-control radar AN/SQS-56sonar.
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	* As built: 1 ×OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 ×Mk 32 triple-tube(324 mm) launchers forMark 46 torpedoes 1 × VulcanPhalanx CIWS 4 ×.50-cal(12.7 mm) machine guns. 1 ×Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcherforHarpoonanti-ship missiles andSM-1MR Standardanti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) Note:As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class. G-Class Frigate: 1 × Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS 1 ×Oto Melara 76mm DP gun 8 ×HarpoonSSM 40 ×SM-1 MRSAM 32 ×ESSMlaunched fromMk-41 VLS(4 ESSM missiles per MK-41 cell through the use of MK25 Quadpack canisters, total of 8 cells) Twotriple Mark 32Anti-submarine warfaretorpedo tubes withMark 46orMark 50anti-submarine warfaretorpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 ×SH-2F LAMPS IBut may have never been modified to carry LAMPS (ie "poop deck" )Lack of funding for NRF ships.
Aviation facilities	Hangar Bay, Helicopter Deck

USSSamuel Eliot Morison(FFG-13),was the seventhOliver Hazard Perry-classfrigatein service with theUnited States Navy.She was named for Rear AdmiralSamuel Eliot Morison(1887–1976), one of America's most distinguished naval historians, who wrote more than 40 books on naval history includingthe official historyof the US Navy in World War II.

Samuel Eliot Morisonwas the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy.

TCGGökova(F 496)

On 11 April 2002,Samuel Eliot Morisonwas decommissioned and transferred toTurkey,where she was renamed as TCGGökova(F 496) and joined the otherOliver Hazard Perry-class vessels acquired by theTurkish NavyasG-classfrigates.

In 2013 has contributed to Operation Ocean Shield with others NATO Forces Ships in the Gulf of Aden.

As of 2019, she is still in active service.

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  USSSamuel Eliot Morison(FFG-13)

References

This article includes information collected from theNaval Vessel Register,which, as a U.S. government publication, is in thepublic domain.The entry can be foundhere.

External links

• MaritimeQuest USS Samuel Eliot Morison FFG-13 pages