Gelibolu 1960
Gaziantep 1960
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Gaziantep (ex-Lansdowne) | D344 | Federal, Kearny, USA | 7/1941 | 20.2.1942 | 4/1942 // 10.6.1949 | discarded 1973 | |
Giresun (ex-McCalla) | D345 | Federal, Kearny, USA | 9/1941 | 20.3.1942 | 5/1942 // 29.4.1949 | discarded 1973 | |
Gelibolu (ex-Buchanan) | D346 | Federal, Kearny, USA | 2/1941 | 22.11.1941 | 3/1942 // 29.4.1949 | discarded 1976 | |
Gemlik (ex-Lardner) | D347 | Federal, Kearny, USA | 9/1941 | 20.3.1942 | 5/1942 // 10.6.1949 | discarded 1974 |
Displacement standard, t |
1900 |
Displacement full, t |
2600 |
Length, m |
103.9 wl 106.2 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.0 |
Draught, m |
4.92 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
Power, h. p. |
50000 |
Max speed, kts |
35 |
Fuel, t |
oil 302 - 453 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3880(20) |
Armament |
4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (62) |
Electronic equipment |
SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars, QCJ sonar |
Complement |
208 |
Project history: Former USN Bristol-class destroyers, transferred under MDAP.
Modernizations: 1957-1958, Gaziantep, Gemlik: - 7 x 1 - 20/70, SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars; + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, SPS-6, SPS-10, SPG-53 radars
1957-1958, Gelibolu, Giresun: - 1 x 1 - 127/38 ('X'), 2 x 2 - 40/60, 7 x 1 - 20/70, SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars; + 2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, SPS-6, SPS-10, SPG-53 radars
Naval service: No significant events.
Gelibolu 1970
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