F-495 Gediz

Country: Turkey

Class, [Type]: O. H. Perry, [FFG].

Builder: Todd Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Launch date: 19th December 1978.

Commission date: 1st September 2000.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.100 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 138,1 x 13,7 x 4,5

Main machinery: 2 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 41.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 29.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 20 knots.

Complement: 206 ( 13 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Mk75, 1 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm, 2 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon; SAM: 36 x GDC Standard SM-1MR. 1 x Mk 13 mod 4 launcher for the SSM and SAM.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm Mk 32 tubes ( two triple mountings ) . 24 x Honeywell Mk 46 mod 5.

Radar: Air: 1 x Raytheon SPS 49(V)4, C/D bands and 457km ( 250 mn ) range; Surface: 1 x ISC Cardion SPS 55, I band; Fire Control: 1 x Lockheed STIR ( SPG 60 modified ), 1 x Sperry Mk 92 Mod 2 ( Signaal WM 28 ), 1 x General Dynamics Mk 90.

Sonar: Raytheon SQS 56, hull mounted.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36. SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy. Prairie/Masker system ( hull/blades noise supressor ).

Helicopter: 1 x S70B.

Callsign: TBOJ ()

Comment: Ex - John A. Moore ( USN FFG-19 ).

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