TCG Giresun F-491 Gabya G-class Perry Frigate Turkish Navy

Turkish Navy / Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri - Frigate
F 491 TCG Giresun
(ex USS Antrim / FFG 20)

f-491 tcg giresun insignia crest patch badge gabya g-class frigate turkish navy 02x

f-491 tcg giresun gabya g-class frigate turkish navy türk deniz kuvvetleri ex uss antrim ffg-20 03x

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Type, class: Gabya / G-class Frigate (modernized ex US Oliver Hazard Perry class FFG)
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, USA

STATUS:
US Navy service:
FFG 20 USS Antrim
Awarded: February 28, 1977
Laid down: June 21, 1978
Launched: March 27, 1979
Commissioned: September 26, 1981
Decommissioned: May 8, 1996
Stricken: September 4, 1997

Turkish Navy service:
transferred to Turkey on August 27, 1997
renamed F 491 TCG Giresun
Commissioned: July 24, 1998
IN SERVICE

Homeport: ?
Namesake: City of Giresun
Technical Data: see INFO > Gabya / G-class Frigate

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f-491 tcg giresun gabya g-class perry frigate ffg turkish navy türk deniz kuvvetleri 02a mk.41 vls rim-162 evolved sea sparrow missile essm

with new installed 8-cell Mk.41 vertical launching system (VLS) for RIM-162 ESSM

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f-491 tcg giresun gabya g-class perry frigate ffg turkish navy türk deniz kuvvetleri 03

f-491 tcg giresun gabya g-class perry frigate ffg turkish navy türk deniz kuvvetleri 04 nato snmg

f-491 tcg giresun gabya g-class perry frigate ffg turkish navy türk deniz kuvvetleri 06 mk-75 3" 76mm gun

Mk-75 gun fire exercise (3" - 76mm/62-caliber)

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FFG 20 USS Antrim

TCG Giresun (F 491):

... service history wanted

Giresun

... formerly Cerasus is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about 175 km (109 mi) west of the city of Trabzon.

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