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Gelibolu 1970

Ships

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

Technical data

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

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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.