USS Clifton Sprague, 17 November 1980
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Name | Clifton Sprague |
Namesake | Vice Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague |
Ordered | 27 February 1976 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 30 July 1979 |
Launched | 16 February 1980 |
Sponsored by | Courtney Sprague Vaughan, daughter of Adm. Sprague |
Commissioned | 21 March 1981 |
Decommissioned | 2 June 1995 |
Stricken | 4 September 1997 |
Homeport | Naval Station Mayport |
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Motto | "Nunc Paratus" (Ready Now) |
Fate | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP) |
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TCG Gaziantep, 31 May 2010
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History | |
Turkey | |
Name | TCG Gaziantep |
Namesake | City of Gaziantep |
Acquired | 27 August 1997 |
Identification | Hull number: F 490 |
Status | in active service |
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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) |
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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 | list error: mixed text and list (help) As Built
G-Class Frigate:
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
Armament | *list error: list item missing markup (help)
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I helicopter |
USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate of the United States Navy, the tenth ship of that class. She was named for Vice Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague (1896–1955), hero of the Battle off Samar action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, where he received the Navy Cross. Clifton Sprague (FFG-16) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy. She was transferred to the Turkish Naval Forces in 1997 as TCG Gaziantep (F 490) and remains in active service.
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