USS John A. Moore (FFG-19)
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 USS John A Moore (FFG-19) |
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| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 28 February 1977 |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 19 December 1978 |
| Launched: | 20 October 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 14 November 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 September 2000 |
| Struck: | 1 September 2000 |
| Status: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP) |
| Homeport: | NS San Diego, California (former) |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons (4,170 t) full load |
| Length: | 453 ft (138.1 m), overall |
| Beam: | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draught: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 29+ knots (54+ km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
| Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar. |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: | One OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun one Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) two Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes one Vulcan Phalanx CIWS; four .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters |
USS John A. Moore (FFG-19), eleventh ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Commander John A. Moore (1910–1944). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, CA on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, John A. Moore was laid down on 19 September 1978, launched on 20 October 1979, and commissioned on 14 November 1981. Decommissioned and stricken on 1 September 2000, she was transferred to Turkey the same day as that nation's TCG Gediz (F 495).
John A. Moore (FFG-19) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy.
