USS Flatley FFG-21
An aerial port bow view of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Flatley executing a starboard turn.
History
United States
NameFlatley
NamesakeVice Admiral James H. Flatley
Ordered28 February 1977
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down13 November 1979
Launched15 May 1980
Sponsored byMrs. Dorothy M. Flatley, widow of Vice Admiral Flatley
Acquired8 May 1981
Commissioned20 June 1981
Decommissioned11 May 1996
HomeportNaval Station Mayport
Identification
Motto"Have Courage"
FateDisposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
Badge
Stricken10 October 2001
TCG Gemlik (F492)
TCG Gemlik in Rota, Cádiz.
Turkey
NameGemlik
NamesakeDistrict of Gemlik
Acquired27 August 1998
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeOliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length445 feet (136 m), overall
Beam45 feet (14 m)
Draft22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion
Speedover 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
AN/SLQ-32
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-2F LAMPS I[2]

USS Flatley (FFG-21) was the thirteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates. She was the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Vice Admiral James H. Flatley (1906–1958), a leading Naval Aviation tactician from World War II who flew the Grumman F4F Wildcat in the Battle of Coral Sea and subsequently commanded the VF-10 Grim Reapers taking them into combat for the first time.

Ordered from Bath Iron Works on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Flatley's keel was laid down on 13 November 1979. She was launched on 15 May 1980, and commissioned on 20 June 1981. Decommissioned on 11 May 1996, she was sold to Turkey on 27 August 1998.

TCG Gemlik (F 492)

The ship immediately underwent conversion into a Turkish G-class frigate. She serves in the Turkish Navy as TCG Gemlik (F 492).

References

  1. "USS Flatley (FFG 21)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. "USS Flatley (FFG 21)". Navysite.de. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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