USS Antrim (FFG-20)

USS Antrim, in May 1983
History
United States
Name	Antrim
Namesake	Rear Admiral Richard Nott Antrim
Ordered	28 February 1977
Builder	Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, WA
Laid down	21 June 1978
Launched	27 March 1979
Sponsored by	Mrs. Richard N. Antrim (widow of Rear Admiral Antrim)
Acquired	20 August 1981
Commissioned	26 September 1981
Decommissioned	8 May 1996
Stricken	4 September 1997
Identification	Hull symbol: FFG-20 Call sign: NRNA
Motto	"In Defense of Freedom"
Fate	Transferred to Turkey, 27 August 1997
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TCG Giresun (F-491) in Cartagena, Spain, 31 May 2010.
Turkey
Name	Giresun
Namesake	City of Giresun
Acquired	27 August 1997
Identification	Hull number: F 491 MMSI number: 277478700 Callsign: TBOF
Status	In active service
General characteristics [1]
Class and 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 and 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

USS Antrim (FFG-20) was the twelfth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates. She was named for Rear Admiral Richard Nott Antrim (1907–1969).