USS Antrim (FFG-20)
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USS Antrim (FFG-20) was the twelfth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates. She was named for Rear Admiral Richard Nott Antrim (1907–1969).
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USS Antrim, in May 1983 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Antrim |
Namesake | Rear Admiral Richard Nott Antrim |
Ordered | 28 February 1977 |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington |
Laid down | 21 June 1978 |
Launched | 27 March 1979 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Richard N. Antrim (widow of Rear Admiral Antrim) |
Acquired | 20 August 1981 |
Commissioned | 26 September 1981 |
Decommissioned | 8 May 1996 |
Stricken | 4 September 1997 |
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Motto | "In Defense of Freedom" |
Fate | Transferred to Turkey, 27 August 1998 |
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TCG Giresun (F-491) in Cartagena, Spain, 31 May 2010. | |
Turkey | |
Name | Giresun |
Namesake | City of Giresun |
Acquired | 27 August 1998 |
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Status | In active service |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
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) |
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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, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
Armament | *list error: list item missing markup (help)
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I |
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