USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27)
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| USS Mahlon S Tisdale (FFG-27) | |
| Career (US) | Image:US Naval Jack.svg
<tr valign=top><td>Ordered:</td><td>23 January 1978</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Builder:</td><td>Todd Pacific Shipyards Los Angeles Division,</br>San Pedro, California</td></tr> |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 19 March 1980 |
| Launched: | 7 February 1981
<tr valign=top><td>Acquired:</td><td>22 October 1982</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Commissioned:</td><td>27 November 1982</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Decommissioned:</td><td>27 September 1996</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Struck:</td><td>20 February 1998</td></tr> |
| Status: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP)
<tr valign=top><td>Homeport:</td><td>NS San Diego, California (former)</td></tr> |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load |
| Length: | 453 ft (138.1 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m)
<tr valign=top><td>Draught:</td><td>22 ft (6.7 m)</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Propulsion:</td><td>2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller</td></tr> |
| Speed: | 29+ knots (54+ km/h)
<tr valign=top><td>Range:</td><td>5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)</td></tr> |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
<tr valign=top><td>Sensors and processing systems:</td><td>AN/SPS-49 air-search radar</br>AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar</br>CAS and STIR fire-control radar</br>AN/SQS-56 sonar.</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Electronic warfare and decoys:</td><td>AN/SLQ-32</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Armament:</td><td>One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun</br>one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine)</br>two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes</br>one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns.</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Aircraft carried:</td><td>2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters</td></tr> |
USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27), nineteenth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Vice Admiral Mahlon Street Tisdale (1890-?). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, CA on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, Mahlon S. Tisdale was laid down on 19 March 1980, launched on 7 February 1981, and commissioned on 27 November 1982. Decommissioned on 27 September 1996 and stricken on 20 February 1998, she was transferred to Turkey on 5 April 1999 as that nation's TCG Gökçeada (F 494).
Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
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