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 | image_caption = USS ''Mahlon S. Tisdale'' (FFG-27) underway during PACEX '89
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 | country = United States
 | flag = {{USN flag|1996}}
 | name = ''Mahlon S. Tisdale''
 | namesake = [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice Admiral]] [[Mahlon S. Tisdale]]
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 | ordered = 23 January 1978
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 | builder = [[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division]], [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]], CA
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 | laid_down = 19 March 1980
 | launched = 7 February 1981
 | sponsor = Mrs. Kenneth J. Sanger (daughter of Mahlon Tisdale)
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 | acquired = 22 October 1982
 | commissioned = 27 November 1982
 | recommissioned = 
 | decommissioned =27 September 1996
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 | struck =20 February 1998
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 | homeport = [[Naval Base San Diego|NB San Diego]], California, U.S.
 | badge = {{Dodseal|FFG-27|150}}
 | identification = *[[Hull classification symbol#Surface combatant type|Hull symbol]]:FFG-27
                    *[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]:NMST
                    *{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Mike}}{{ICS|Sierra}}{{ICS|Tango}}
 | motto = *"Honneur – Patrie – Valeur"
           *(Honor – Heritage – Value)
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 | fate = Disposed of through the [[Security Assistance Program]] (SAP), 5 April 1999
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 | image = TCG Gökçeada (F-494) - 2005.jpg
 | image_caption = TCG Gökçeada (F-494) in the Black Sea, 14 July 2005.
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 | country = Turkey
 | flag = {{shipboxflag|Turkey|naval}}
 | name = ''Gökçeada''
 | namesake = District of [[Gökçeada]]
 | acquired =5 April 1999
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 | identification = F 494
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 | EW = [[AN/SLQ-32]]
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*'''G-Class Frigate:'''
*1 × Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS
*1 × [[OTO Melara 76 mm|Oto Melara 76mm DP gun]]
*8 × [[Boeing AGM-84 Harpoon|Harpoon]] [[Surface-to-surface missile|SSM]]
*40 × [[RIM-66 Standard|SM-1 MR]] [[Surface-to-air missile|SAM]]
*32 × [[RIM-162 ESSM|ESSM]] launched from [[Vertical launching system|Mk-41 VLS]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://turkishnavy.net/2011/03/19/first-turkish-perry-with-mk-41-vls-on/|title=>First Turkish Perry With Mk-41 VLS On|website=Turkishnavy.net|date=19 March 2011|access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> (4 ESSM missiles per MK-41 cell through the use of MK25 Quadpack canisters, total of 8 cells)<ref>[http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2009/021709_LM_MK92_Turkey.html Lockheed Martin to Upgrade Ship Defense System on Turkish Navy Frigates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904191811/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/news/press_releases/2009/021709_LM_MK92_Turkey.html |date=2009-09-04 }}, Lockheed Martin, 17 February 2009</ref>
*Two [[Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes|triple Mark 32]] [[Anti-submarine warfare]] torpedo tubes with [[Mark 46 torpedo|Mark 46]] or [[Mark 50 torpedo|Mark 50]] [[anti-submarine warfare]] [[torpedo]]es
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 | aircraft = 1 × [[SH-2 Seasprite|SH-2F LAMPS I]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG27.HTM | title=USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG 27) | publisher=Navysite.de | access-date=11 April 2015}}</ref>
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'''USS ''Mahlon S. Tisdale'' (FFG-27)''', nineteenth ship of the [[Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate|''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class]] of guided-missile [[frigate]]s, was named for Vice Admiral [[Mahlon Tisdale|Mahlon Street Tisdale]] (1890–1972).  Ordered from [[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division]], [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]], [[California]], on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program, ''Mahlon S. Tisdale'' was laid down on 19 March 1980, launched on 7 February 1981, and commissioned on 27 November 1982.

''Mahlon S. Tisdale'' (FFG-27) was the first ship of that name in the U.S. Navy.

== TCG ''Gökçeada'' (F 494) ==
Decommissioned on 27 September 1996 and stricken on 20 February 1998, she was transferred to [[Turkey]] on 5 April 1999 as that nation's TCG ''Gökçeada'' (F 494). As of 2018, she is still in active service.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Naval Vessel Register|hull=FFG-27}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|USS Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27)}}

* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/frigates/pages/mahlon_s_tisdale_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest USS Mahlon S. Tisdale FFG-27 pages]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/ffg-27.htm GlobalSecurity.org FFG-27]
 
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