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Frigate F 490 TCG Gaziantep (ex USS Clifton Sprague / FFG 16) |
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Type, class: Gabya / G-class Frigate (modernized ex US Oliver Hazard Perry class FFG) Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, USA STATUS: US Navy service: FFG 16 USS Clifton Sprague Awarded: February 27, 1976 Laid down: July 30, 1979 Launched: February 16, 1980 Commissioned: March 21, 1981 Decommissioned: June 2, 1995 Stricken: September 4, 1997 Turkish Navy service: transferred to Turkey on August 27, 1997 renamed F 490 TCG Gaziantep Commissioned: July 24, 1998 IN SERVICE Homeport: ? Namesake: City of Gaziantep Technical Data: see INFO > Gabya / G-class Frigate |
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During a port visit as part of NATO Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED / SNFM) - Trieste, Italy - November 2003 FFG 16 USS Clifton Sprague |
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TCG Gaziantep (F 490): ... service history wanted |
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Gaziantep ... is the capital of Gaziantep Province, in the western part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, some 185 kilometres (115 mi) east of Adana and 97 kilometres (60 mi) north of Aleppo, Syria. It is probably located on the site of ancient Antiochia ad Taurum, and is near ancient Zeugma. The city has two urban districts under its administration, Şahinbey and Şehitkamil. It is the sixth-most populous city in Turkey and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. |
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