USS Flatley (FFG-21)
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Ordered: | 28 February 1977 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 11 November 1979 |
| Launched: | 15 May 1980 |
| Acquired: | 8 May 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 20 June 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | 11 May 1996 |
| Fate: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP) |
| Struck: | 10 October 2001 |
| Career (Turkey) |  |
| Acquired: | 27 August 1998 |
| Status: | In active service, as of 2009[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load |
| Length: | 453 ft (138.1 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller; 2 x Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (.25 MW) retractable electric azipods for maneuvering and docking. |
| Speed: | 29+ knots (54+ km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (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: |
AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar. |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
USS Flatley (FFG-21) was the thirteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates. She was named for Vice Admiral James H. Flatley (1906–1958), a leading Naval Aviation tactician from World War II who flew the 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.
[edit] 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).
Flatley (FFG-21) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
[edit] References
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.
