USS Flatley

USS Flatley (FFG-21) was the thirteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class 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.

An aerial port bow view of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Flatley executing a starboard turn.
History
United States
Name	Flatley
Namesake	Vice Admiral James H. Flatley
Ordered	28 February 1977
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	13 November 1979
Launched	15 May 1980
Sponsored by	Mrs. Dorothy M. Flatley, widow of Vice Admiral Flatley
Acquired	8 May 1981
Commissioned	20 June 1981
Decommissioned	11 May 1996
Homeport	Naval Station Mayport
Identification	Hull symbol:FFG-21 Code letters:NJHF
Motto	"Have Courage"
Fate	Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
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Stricken	10 October 2001
TCG Gemlik in Rota, Cádiz.
Turkey
Name	Gemlik
Namesake	District of Gemlik
Acquired	27 August 1998
Identification	Hull number: F 492 MMSI number: 271035034 Callsign: TBOG
Status	in active service
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length	445 feet (136 m), overall
Beam	45 feet (14 m)
Draft	22 feet (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 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.
Speed	over 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement	15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors & 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 & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	As built: 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. 1 × 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, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class. G-Class Frigate: 1 × Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS 1 × Oto Melara 76mm DP gun 8 × Harpoon SSM 40 × SM-1 MR SAM 32 × ESSM launched from Mk-41 VLS[2] (4 ESSM missiles per MK-41 cell through the use of MK25 Quadpack canisters, total of 8 cells)[3] Two triple Mark 32 Anti-submarine warfare torpedo tubes with Mark 46 or Mark 50 anti-submarine warfare torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-2F LAMPS I[4]

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 G-class frigate. She serves in the Turkish Navy as TCG Gemlik (F 492).^{[citation needed]}