TCG Muavenet (DM 357)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Turkey | |
| Name | TCG Muavenet |
| Launched | see USS Gwin |
| Acquired | 15 August 1971 |
| Stricken | 1993 |
| Identification | DM 357 |
| Fate | Crippled by Sea Sparrow missiles fired from USS Saratoga on 2 October 1992; broken up for scrap 1993 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 2,200 tons |
| Length | 376 ft 5 in (114.73 m) |
| Beam | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
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TCG Muavenet (DM-357) (previously USS Gwin, transferred in 1971) was a destroyer minelayer of the Turkish Navy crippled by two Sea Sparrow missiles fired from the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga during a NATO exercise in Saros Bay, Turkey in 1992, resulting in five deaths and 22 injured among its crew.