USS Samuel Eliot Morison
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Samuel Eliot Morison was the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy.
TCG Gökova (F 496)
On 11 April 2002, Samuel Eliot Morison was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey, where she was renamed as TCG Gökova (F 496) and joined the other Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessels acquired by the Turkish Navy as Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".s.
In 2013, she contributed to Operation Ocean Shield with other NATO Forces Ships in the Gulf of Aden.
As of 2019, she is still in active service.
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USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
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- Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates of the United States Navy
- 1979 ships
- Ships built in Bath, Maine
- Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Turkish Navy
- Cold War frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States