USS Ainsworth (FF-1090)
March 31, 1973 - May 27, 1994
4100 ts
133.5 meters
14.25 meters
7.6 meters
17 officers, 228 sailors
1 propeller, 1 gear turbine, two boilers; 35,000 shaft horsepower
27 nodes
4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
The USS Ainsworth ( DE/FF-1090 ) was a frigate of the Knox - class of the United States Navy. Named after Vice Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth ship served from 1973 to 1994 in the U.S. Navy from 1994 to 2005 in Turkey.
History
The keel laying of Ainsworth took place on June 11, 1971 at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans. After the baptism by the widow of the ship 's namesake was on 15 April 1972 by Stack, was commissioned into the U.S. Navy carried out by other equipment work on 31 March 1973. The first test drive in the summer of 1973 led the ship in the Caribbean.
After a drydock period in which minor damage have been rectified, began in February 1974, the first use, which led the ship during the year to South America and around Cape Horn. The first half of 1975, spent the Ainsworth again in the Caribbean, in June, followed by the first visit to the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. After visits in Spain and England, she returned to Norfolk in April 1976. In 1977 she participated in the " CARIBEX 1-77 " exercise part, then was followed by a renewed use in March in European waters, this lasted until October 1977. In 1978, the ship participated in several large-scale exercises in the North Atlantic and was used as a training ship for helicopter crews. In the spring of 1979 was followed by another Caribbean use, in the second half of the frigate was transferred to the Mediterranean. In December, she was part of the American Middle East fleet to intervene during the hostage-taking in Tehran can. In April 1980, she then returned to her home port. In August 1980, the Ainsworth participated in a NATO exercise in the North Sea and visited the neighboring states. After returning to Norfolk in January 1981 was followed in April of the next operation in the Mediterranean. Along with several U.S. aircraft carriers took part in multinational exercises there. In September, the frigate returned to Norfolk and went for a month to overhaul the dock.
The next assignments led the Ainsworth in the fall of 1981 and spring of 1982, again in the Caribbean, the rest of 1982, she spent off the U.S. east coast. Only in December was followed by another deployment with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, this lasted until May 1983., From August 1983 to March 1984 the ship was in dock in Norfolk, where extensive modernizations. Then the ship tried up to the spring of 1985, his new equipment and participated in extensive exercises in the Caribbean area, in August 1985, a further six -month Mediterranean deployment joined. The years 1986 and 1987 spent the Ainsworth in American waters, in 1988 she was overhauled once more fundamentally in the dock. From 1990 until its decommissioning, the ship served as a training ship of the Naval Reserve Force.
After more than 20 years of service, the frigate was made on 27 May 1994 decommissioned and leased to Turkey. There, she has since been used as Ege (F- 256). On January 11, 1995, she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, on 29 September 1999 acquired the Turkish Navy, the ship finally. Ege was made on 21 March 2005 out of service, she has since been in reserve.