USS Flatley
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:USS Flatley FFG-21.jpg | Ship caption = An aerial port bow view of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Flatley executing a starboard turn. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1996}} | Ship name = Flatley | Ship namesake = Vice Admiral James H. Flatley | Ship ordered = 28 February 1977 | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 13 November 1979 | Ship launched = 15 May 1980 | Ship sponsor = Mrs. Dorothy M. Flatley, widow of Vice Admiral Flatley | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = 8 May 1981 | Ship commissioned = 20 June 1981 | Ship decommissioned = 11 May 1996 | Ship refit = | Ship identification = *Hull symbol:FFG-21
| Ship motto = "Have Courage" | Ship homeport = Naval Station Mayport | Ship nickname = | Ship honors = | Ship fate = Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP) | Ship badge = {{Dodseal|FFG-21|149}} }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship struck = 10 October 2001 | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:TCG Gemlik (F492) 2008 Cádiz.jpg | Ship caption = TCG Gemlik in Rota, Cádiz. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = Turkey | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Turkey|naval}} | Ship name = Gemlik | Ship namesake = District of Gemlik | Ship acquired = 27 August 1998 | Ship commissioned = | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = *Hull number: F 492
| Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship status = {{Ship in active service}} | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = {{cite web | url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/07/0721.htm | title=USS Flatley (FFG 21) | publisher=Navsource.org | access-date=11 April 2015}} | Ship class = {{Sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|3}} | Ship displacement = {{OHP frigate displacement}} | Ship length = {{OHP frigate length short hull}} | Ship beam = {{OHP frigate beam}} | Ship draft = {{OHP frigate draft}} | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = {{OHP frigate propulsion}} | Ship speed = {{OHP frigate speed}} | Ship range = {{OHP frigate range}} | Ship complement = {{OHP frigate complement}} | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = {{OHP frigate sensors}} | Ship EW = AN/SLQ-32 | Ship armament = {{OHP frigate armament}}
| Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I{{cite web | url=http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG21.HTM | title=USS Flatley (FFG 21) | publisher=Navysite.de | access-date=11 April 2015}} | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = }} |
USS Flatley (FFG-21) was the thirteenth ship of the {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} 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 {{sclass2|G|frigate|1}}. She serves in the Turkish Navy as TCG Gemlik (F 492).{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
References
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{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG21}}}}
External links
- [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/flatley_ffg21_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest USS Flatley FFG-21 pages]
{{Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate}}
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Category:Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates of the United States Navy
Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Turkish Navy
Category:Ships built in Bath, Maine
Category:Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States