USS Samuel Eliot Morison
{{Short description|American/Turkish military naval vessel}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) underway during sea trials on 10 June 1980.jpg | Ship caption = USS Samuel Eliot Morison during sea trials in 1980 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|2002}} | Ship name = USS Samuel Eliot Morison | Ship namesake = Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison | Ship ordered = 27 February 1976 | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 4 December 1978 | Ship launched = 14 July 1979 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship commissioned = 11 October 1980 | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = 10 April 2002 | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = 23 July 2002 | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = *Naval Station Mayport
| Ship identification = *Hull symbol:FFG-13
| Ship motto = "The Past is Prologue" | Ship nickname = | Ship honors = | Ship fate = Sold to Turkey on 11 April 2002 | Ship notes = | Ship badge = {{Dodseal|FFG-13|149}} }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:F-496 Gökova.jpg | Ship caption = Turkish TCG Gökova }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = Turkey | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Turkey|naval}} | Ship name = Gökova | Ship namesake = Municipality of Gökova | Ship acquired = 11 April 2002 | Ship commissioned = | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = F 496 | 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/07/0713.htm | title=USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13) | publisher=Navsource.org | access-date=10 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 endurance = | 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/FFG13.HTM | title=USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13) | publisher=Navysite.de | access-date=10 April 2015}} But may have never been modified to carry LAMPS (ie "poop deck")Lack of funding for NRF ships. | Ship aircraft facilities = Hangar Bay, Helicopter Deck | Ship notes = }} |
USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), was the seventh {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate}} in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976), one of America's most distinguished naval historians, who wrote more than 40 books on naval history including the official history of the US Navy in World War II.
Samuel Eliot Morison was the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy.
TCG ''Gökova'' (F 496)
On 11 April 2002, Samuel Eliot Morison was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey, where she was renamed as TCG Gökova (F 496) and joined the other Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessels acquired by the Turkish Navy as {{sclass2|G|frigate|2}}
In 2013, she contributed to Operation Ocean Shield with other NATO Forces Ships in the Gulf of Aden.
As of 2019, she is still in active service.
File:USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) transfers to Turkey.jpg|USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
References
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{{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=FFG13}}}}
External links
{{commons category|USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)}}
- [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/samuel_e_morison_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest USS Samuel Eliot Morison FFG-13 pages]
{{Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate}}
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Category:Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates of the United States Navy
Category:Ships built in Bath, Maine
Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Turkish Navy
Category:Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States
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