USS Antrim FFG-20

Type:
Guided Missile Frigate
Class:
Oliver Hazard Perry (Class Overview)
Gaziantep (Turkey)
Builder:
Todd Pacific Shipyards
Seattle, Washington
Hull Number:
FFG-20 (USA)
F-491 (Turkey)
Ordered:
February 28, 1977
Commissioned:
September 26, 1981
Keel Laid:
June 21, 1979
Decommissioned:
May 8, 1996
Launched:
March 27, 1979
Stricken:
September 4, 1997
Fate:
Transferred to Turkey August 27, 1998 and renamed Giresun F-491
Current status active unit of Turkish Navy.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
445'
Engines:
2 x GE LM 2500 Gas Turbines
Beam:
47'
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
16' / 25' (Sonar)
Shafts:
1
Displacement:
3,031 std. / 3,911 full
SHP:
41,000
Speed:
29 knots
Crew:
220 (aprox)
Range:
4,500 NM @ 20 knots




Notes:
Named in honor of Medal of Honor winner Rear Admiral Richard N. Antrim USN (1907-1969).
Christened by Mrs. Richard Antrim.


Builder's Data
Page revised Feb. 2, 2007