title: USS Samuel Eliot Morison
text: # USS Samuel Eliot Morison
  
  USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), was the seventh Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976), one of America's most distinguished naval historians, who wrote more than 40 books on naval history.
  
  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 G-class frigates.
  
  In 2013 has contributed to Operation Ocean Shield with others NATO Forces Ships in the Gulf of Aden.
  
  As of 2019, she is still in active service.
  
  * USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)
  