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  • Decommissioned U.S. Navy Ship Lives On in Turkish Fleet

    04/17/2002 4:27:01 AM PDT · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 16 replies · 317+ views
    Navy Newsstand ^ | 4/16/2002 | Naval Surface Force Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs
    NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The guided missile frigate TCG Gokova (F 496) was commissioned into the service of the Republic of Turkey April 11, during a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk. Although the ceremony featured the normal trappings of such events, including speeches, a commissioning pennant and Sailors running aboard to "bring the ship to life," what was different about the event was that when it began, the ship had a different name -- USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13). The commissioning of Gokova was preceded by the decommissioning of Morison, and the turning over of the ship to the...