Muavenet 1975
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Muavenet (ex-Gwin) | DM357 | Bethlehem, San Pedro, USA | 31.10.1943 | 9.4.1944 | 30.9.1944 // 22.10.1971 | damaged 2.10.1992, stricken late 1993 |
Displacement standard, t |
2250 |
Displacement full, t |
3375 |
Length, m |
112.5 wl 114.8 oa |
Breadth, m |
12.5 |
Draught, m |
4.39 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
Power, h. p. |
60000 |
Max speed, kts |
34 |
Fuel, t |
oil 494 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3300 (20) |
Armament |
3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 12, 3 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR, 80 mines |
Electronic equipment |
nav., SPS-10, SPS-6, Mk 25 radars, QHB sonar, WLR-1 ECM suite, 4x RBOC decoy RL |
Complement |
336 |
Project history: Former USN Robert H. Smith class destroyer-minelayer, transferred to Turkey under MDAP.
Modernizations: 1983: - 1 x 4 - 40/60, SPS-6 radar; + 1 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, SPS-40, SPG-34 radars
Naval service: Muavenet 2.10.1992 on NATO exercises was severely damaged by a Sea Sparrow missile accidentally fired from US aircraft carrier Saratoga. Repair was considered too expensive, and ship was stricken late 1993.
Muavenet 1980
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