TCG Gelibolu F-493 Gabya G-class Perry Frigate Turkish Navy

Turkish Navy / Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri - Frigate
F 493 TCG Gelibolu
(ex USS Reid / FFG 30)

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Type, class: Gabya / G-class Frigate (modernized ex US Oliver Hazard Perry class FFG)
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards, San Pedro, California, USA

STATUS:
US Navy service:
FFG 30 USS Reid
Awarded: January 23, 1978
Laid down: October 8, 1980
Launched: June 27, 1981
Commissioned: February 19, 1983
Decommissioned: September 25, 1998

Turkish Navy service:
transferred to Turkey on January 5, 1999
renamed F 493 TCG Gelibolu
Commissioned: July 22, 1999
IN SERVICE

Homeport: ?
Namesake: Gelibolu Town and District
Technical Data: see INFO > Gabya / G-class Frigate

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FFG 30 USS Reid

TCG Gelibolu (F 493):

... service history wanted

Gelibolu

... also known as Gallipoli (from Greek: Kallipolis, "Beautiful City"), is the name of a town and a district in Çanakkale Province of the Marmara Region, located in Eastern Thrace in the European part of Turkey on the southern shore of the peninsula named after it on the Dardanelles strait, two miles away from Lapseki on the other shore.
The Macedonian city of Callipolis was founded in the 5th century B.C. It has a rich history as a naval base for various rulers.

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