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GAZİANTEP detsroyers (1942/1949)

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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