Gabya-class Guided Missile Frigate

The G-class (Turkish: Gabya sınıfı fırkateyn(ler)) is one of the frigate classes of the Turkish Navy. They are extensively modernized versions of ex-Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigates, mainly designed for air defense with a weapons configuration that is optimized for general warfare.

Specifications

 * Type: Frigate
 * Service Period: 1997-Present
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 444 feet 11 inches (135.61 meters)
 * Beam: 44 feet 11 inches (13.69 meters)
 * Draft: 22 feet (6.71 meters)
 * Displacement: 4,100 tons
 * Crew: 222 (19 officers and 203 enlisted)
 * Propulsion:
 * 2 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 1 x propeller, 41,000 shp (31 MW)
 * 2 x bow thrusters, 700 hp
 * Range: 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
 * Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * SMART-S Mk.2 S-Band Long Range 3D Air/Surface Search AESA Radar
 * AN/SPQ-73 Furuno Navigation Radar
 * STIR 1.8 Mod 12 Fire Control Radar
 * AN/SQS-56C Hull Sonar
 * AN/SQR-19 Towed Array Sonar
 * Countermeasures:
 * AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare Suite
 * AN/SLQ-25C Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
 * Armament:
 * 1 x 76mm/62-caliber Mk.75 naval gun
 * 1 x Mk.13 Mod 4 Missile Launcher (fires 40 RIM-66 SM-1MR SAMs and 8 RGM-84 Harpoon AShMs)
 * 1 x 8-cell Mk.41 Mod 2 VLS (fires 32 RIM-162 ESSM)
 * 2 x 12.75" Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes (fires Mk.46 and Mk.50 lightweight torpedoes)
 * 1 x 20mm/70-caliber Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS
 * 4 x 12.7mm M2 Browning machine guns
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x Sikorsky S-70B-2 or Agusta-Bell AB-212 maritime helicopter

Unit Run

 * TCG Gaziantep (F-490) ex-USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16)
 * TCG Giresun (F-491) ex-USS Antrim (FFG-20)
 * TCG Gemlik (F-492) ex-USS Flatley (FFG-21)
 * TCG Gelibolu (F-493) ex-USS Reid (FFG-30)
 * TCG Gökçeada (F-494) ex-USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27)
 * TCG Gediz (F-495) ex-USS John A. Moore (FFG-19)
 * TCG Gökova (F-496) ex-USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
 * TCG Göksu (F-497) ex-USS ''Estocin (FFG-15)