Current Name |
TCG Gediz |
Previous Name |
USS John A. Moore (FFG-19) (bis 2000) |
Ships Sign |
F 495 |
Call Sign |
TBOJ |
Owner |
Turkish Ministry of Defense, Ankara, Turkey |
Flag |
Turkey |
Type of Ship |
frigate |
Completion |
1981 |
Shipyard |
Todd Pacific Shipyards Inc., San Pedro, CA, United States of America |
Displacement [t] |
3.989 |
Overall Length [m] |
138,80 |
Registered Breadth [m] |
13,72 |
Maximum Draught [m] |
5,80 |
Propulsion [KW] |
30.155 |
Propulsion [BHP] |
41.000 |
Speed [Kn] |
29,0 |
Additional Information |
6. Turkish frigate [FFG] of 8 aquired frigates and 11th ship of the ex US "Oliver Hazard Perry" class (originally 71 vessels) - main armament: 1x SSM launcher Mk 13 (4x RGM-84C Harpoon and 36x Standard SM-1 MR missiles), 1x 76-mm gun Mk 75 DP, 2x 20-mm gun Mk 15 Phalanx gatling CIWS, 2x triple 324 mm ASW torpedo tubes Mk 32, 2x S-70B Seahawk helicopter - as participator of the "Black Sea Partnership Exercise 2009" visiting Istanbul |