NEC EN-4296-Shipboard Elevator Hydraulic/Mechanical System Mechanic
Base, Station or City Pascagola
State/Country Mississippi
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USS Antrim (FFG-20) Details
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
USS ANTRIM was homeported in Mayport, Fla. After decommissioning the ship was given to the Turkish Navy on August 27, 1997, and was recommissiond as TCG GIRESUN (F 491).
General Characteristics: Awarded: February 28, 1977
Keel Laid: June 21, 1978
Launched: March 27, 1979
Commissioned: September 26, 1981
Decommissioned: May 8, 1996
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Seattle Division, Seattle, Wash.
Propulsion system: two General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines, two 350 Horsepower Electric Drive Auxiliary Propulsion Units
Propellers: one
Blades on each Propeller: five
Length: 445 feet (133.5 meters)
Beam: 45 feet (13.5 meters)
Draft: 24,6 feet (7.5 meters)
Displacement: 4,100 tons
Speed: 28+ knots
Aircraft: one SH-2F (LAMPS 1)
Armament: one Mk 13 guided missile launcher (36 Standard (MR) and 4 Harpoon missiles), one Mk 75 76mm/62 caliber rapid firing gun, MK 32 ASW torpedo tubes (two triple mounts), one Phalanx CIWS
Crew: 17 Officers, 198 Enlisted