On 11 April 2002, Morison was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey, where she
was renamed TCG Gokova (F 496)[?] and
joined the other Gaziantep-class[?]
(Perry-class) frigates that
the Turkish Navy has acquired from the United States.
Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), the seventh Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, 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.
(insert image and caption here) Career Builder: Bath Iron Works Ordered: 27 February 1976 Laid down: 4 December 1978 Launched: 14 July 1979 Delivered: 1 August 1980 Commissioned: 11 October 1980 Fate: sold to Turkey on 11 April 2002, renamed
TCG Gokova (F 496)[?] Struck: 23 July 2002 General Characteristics Displacement: 3101 tons light, 3984 tons full, 883 tons dead Length: 445 feet (133.5 meters) overall, 408 feet waterline Beam: 45 feet (13.5 meters) Draft: 24.6 feet (7.5 meters), 17 feet limit Propulsion two General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines producing 41,000shp Speed: 29 knots Complement: 17 officers, 198 enlisted, 19 aircrew Armament: four AGM-84 Harpoon missiles,
36 SM-1MR Standard missiles,
two triple-mount 324mm Mk32 tubes for Mk46 torpedoes,
one three-inch/62-caliber Mk75 rapid firing gun,
one Phalanx CIWS, four .50-caliber machineguns Aircraft: one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I)