USS Antrim (FFG-20)

Ordered:	28 February 1977
Builder:	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
Laid down:	21 June 1978
Launched:	27 March 1979
Acquired:	20 August 1981
Commissioned:	26 September 1981
Decommissioned:	8 May 1996
Fate:	Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
Struck:	4 September 1997
Acquired:	27 August 1997
Status:	In active service, as of 2009
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:	As built:; One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun; two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes; one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.; one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) Note: As of 2004, Mk13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
Aircraft carried:	2 × SH-2 LAMPS helicopters

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For other ships of the same name, see USS Antrim.

USS Antrim (FFG-20) was the twelfth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates. She was named for Rear Admiral Richard Nott Antrim (1907–1969). Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, WA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Antrim was laid down on 21 June 1978, launched on 27 March 1979, and commissioned on 26 September 1981.

Decommissioned on 8 May 1996, she was transferred to Turkey on 27 August 1997. She was stricken from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register on 4 September 1997.

[edit] TCG Giresun (F 491)

The ship serves in the Turkish Navy as TCG Giresun (F 491).

On 16 March 2009, TCG Giresun, along with HDMS Absalon successfully prevented a pirate attack on the Vietnamese cargo ship MV Diamond Falcon from succeeding in capturing the target ship.^[1]^[2]

[edit] References

^ "Đan Mạch, Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ cùng giải cứu tàu hàng Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Viet bao.com. 16 March 2009. http://vietbao.vn/The-gioi/Dan-Mach-Tho-Nhi-Ky-cung-giai-cuu-tau-hang-Viet-Nam/20836583/159/. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
^ "Vietnamese Cargo Ship Rescued From Pirates - Turkish Army". Morningstar.com. 16 March 2009. http://news.morningstar.com/newsnet/ViewNews.aspx?article=/DJ/200903160327DOWJONESDJONLINE000073_univ.xml. Retrieved 24 March 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.