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Frigate class of the Turkish Navy
TCG
Goksu
(F-497) in the Mediterranean Sea on August 21, 2023. The G-class frigates are equipped with the GENESIS combat management system,
SMART-S Mk2 3D radar
and
Mk. 41 VLS
, which has been installed in front of the
Mk. 13 GMLS
.
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Class overview
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Name
| G class
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Operators
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Turkish Navy
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Preceded by
| N/A
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Succeeded by
| Yavuz
class
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Subclasses
| Oliver Hazard Perry
class
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Built
| 1979-1981
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In commission
| 1997-present
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Planned
| 8
|
Completed
| 8
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Active
| 8
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General characteristics
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Type
| Frigate
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Displacement
| 4,100 long tons (4,166 t) full load
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Length
| 135.6 m (444 ft 11 in)
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Beam
| 13.7 m (44 ft 11 in)
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Draught
| 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
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Propulsion
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Speed
| 30
knots
(56 km/h; 35 mph)
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Range
| 5,000
nmi
(9,300 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
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Complement
| 222 (19 officers, 203 men)
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Sensors and
processing systems
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- Combat Management System:
GENESIS (
Gemi Entegre Sava? ?dare Sistemi
)
[1]
- Search radar:
SMART-S Mk2
[2]
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Armament
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Aircraft carried
| 1 ×
S-70B Seahawk
or
AB-212 (ASW/ASuW/EW)
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The
G class
(Turkish:
Gabya sınıfı fırkateyn(ler)
) is one of the
frigate
classes of the
Turkish Navy
. They are extensively modernized versions of ex-
Oliver Hazard Perry
-class
guided-missile frigates
of the
US Navy
, mainly designed for air defense with a weapons configuration that is optimized for general warfare.
Modernization
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The G-class frigates have undergone a major modernization program which included the retrofitting of a Turkish digital combat management system named GENESIS (
Gemi Entegre Sava? ?dare Sistemi
).
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The system was designed and implemented jointly by the Turkish Navy and
HAVELSAN
, a Turkish electronic hardware systems and software company.
[6]
The first GENESIS upgraded ship was delivered in 2007, and the last delivery is scheduled for 2011.
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[8]
The GENESIS advanced combat management system includes the following characteristics and abilities:
[9]
- A modern and reliable system
- High performance
- Open architecture
- Capacity of tracking more than 1,000 tactical targets
- Modern digital sensor data fusion
- Automatic threat evaluation
- Weapon engagement opportunities
- Link-16
/22 system integration
The modernization program also includes:
The Mk-41 vertical launching system (VLS) has been fitted in front of the
Mk.13 launcher
, similar to
their installation
on the
Adelaide
-class
frigates
of the
Royal Australian Navy
, which are Australian-built derivatives of the
Oliver Hazard Perry
-class frigates. TCG
Gediz
became the first ship in the class to receive the Mk 41 VLS installation.
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The "short hull" ex-
Perry
class frigates that are currently being operated by the Turkish Navy were modified with the
ASIST
landing platform system at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard, so that they can accommodate the
S-70B Seahawk
helicopter.
Ships
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In addition the ex-
USS
Duncan
(FFG-10)
was sold to the Turkish Navy as a parts hulk
See also
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References
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External links
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