USS Antrim (FFG-20)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Antrim.

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, Washington
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
Struck:	4 September 1997
Identification:	Hull symbol:FFG-20 Code letters:NRNA
Motto:	"In Defense of Freedom"
Fate:	Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
TCG Giresun (F-491) TCG Giresun (F-491) in Cartagena, 31 May 2010.
Turkey
Name:	Giresun
Namesake:	City of Giresun
Acquired:	27 August 1998
Identification:	F 491
Status:	in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
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 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.
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). Ordered from Todd Pacific, Seattle, Washington on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Antrim was laid down on 21 June 1978, launched on 27 March 1979, and commissioned on 26 September 1981.

History

On 10 February 1983, USS Antrim was conducting a live fire exercise off the east coast of the United States using the Phalanx CIWS against a target drone. Although the drone was successfully engaged at close range, the target debris bounced off the sea surface and struck the ship, causing significant damage and fire from the drone's residual fuel which killed a civilian instructor;

Decommissioned on 8 May 1996, she was transferred to Turkey on 27 August 1997. She was stricken from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register on 4 September 1997.

TCG Giresun (F 491)

The ship serves in the Turkish Navy as TCG Giresun (F 491).

On 16 March 2009, TCG Giresun, along with HDMS Absalon successfully prevented a pirate attack on the Vietnamese cargo ship MV Diamond Falcon from succeeding in capturing the target ship. On 6 March 2011, she aided the destroyer USS Bulkeley in the capture of 4 pirates who had attacked the tanker MV Guanabara. The pirates were later flown to Tokyo for trial.

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• MaritimeQuest USS Antrim FFG-20