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Turkish frigate TCG Goksu conducts exercise with Italy and France.
According to a tweet published by the Turkish Naval Forces on January 11, 2022, the G-class frigate TCG Goksu conducted an exercise with Carlo Bergamini-class frigate ITS Margottini and Aquitaine-class frigate FS Auvergne in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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G-class frigate TCG Göksu (Picture source: Turkish Naval Forces)
The G class 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.
The G-class frigates have undergone a major modernization program which included the retrofitting of a Turkish digital combat management system named GENESIS. The system was designed and implemented jointly by the Turkish Navy and HAVELSAN, a Turkish electronic hardware systems and software company.
USS Estocin (FFG-15), the ninth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Captain Michael John Estocin (1931–1967).
On 3 April 2003, Estocin was decommissioned, stricken from the Navy list, and transferred to Turkey as that nation's TCG Göksu (F 497). As of 2015, she is still in active service.