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.
 An aerial port bow view of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Flatley executing a starboard turn.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Flatley |
| Namesake | Vice Admiral James H. Flatley |
| Ordered | 28 February 1977 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 13 November 1979 |
| Launched | 15 May 1980 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Dorothy M. Flatley, widow of Vice Admiral Flatley |
| Acquired | 8 May 1981 |
| Commissioned | 20 June 1981 |
| Decommissioned | 11 May 1996 |
| Homeport | Naval Station Mayport |
| Identification |
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| Motto | "Have Courage" |
| Fate | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP) |
| Badge |  |
| Stricken | 10 October 2001 |
 TCG Gemlik in Rota, Cádiz.
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 Turkey | |
| Name | Gemlik |
| Namesake | District of Gemlik |
| 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) |
| Propulsion |
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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 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament | *list error: list item missing markup (help)
G-Class Frigate:
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I[4] |
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)
editThe ship immediately underwent conversion into a Turkish G-class frigate. She serves in the Turkish Navy as TCG Gemlik (F 492).[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "USS Flatley (FFG 21)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ ">First Turkish Perry With Mk-41 VLS On". Turkishnavy.net. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ Lockheed Martin to Upgrade Ship Defense System on Turkish Navy Frigates Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Lockheed Martin, 17 February 2009
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.