port call at Karachi, Pakistan. Back on station in the Persian Gulf, at the end of April, Antrim responded to another call for help on 2 May, after the Iranians attacked another motor vessel, , with missiles. Again, the warship and her helicopter detachment evacuated casualties. Her remaining two months of surveillance patrols in the Persian Gulf provided no further untoward incidents. She turned her responsibilities over to and , on 5 July, and set a course via Djibouti, and the Red Sea, to the Suez Canal. Through the canal on 14 July, she made a single stop, at Valencia, Spain, on her voyage across the Mediterranean. After a short pause at Rota, on 24 July, for fuel, the warship embarked upon the Atlantic passage that same day. On 5 August, one month to the day after her relief, Antrim pulled into Mayport. Post-deployment stand down occupied the remainder of August, but she resumed local operations out of Mayport, early in September. During the latter half of November, the warship voyaged to the coast of Colombia, to assist in a multinational operation against drug smugglers. She returned to Mayport, at the beginning of December, and following a short period of local operations, settled into holiday routine. As of the beginning of 1987, Antrim was at Mayport. On 30 January 1987, Antrim was assigned to the Naval Reserve Force, Atlantic, at Mayport. Decommissioned on 8 May 1996, she was transferred to Turkey, on 27 August 1997. She was stricken from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register on 4 September 1997. TCG Giresun (F 491) The ship serves in the Turkish Navy as TCG Giresun (F 491). On 16 March 2009, Giresun, along with successfully prevented a pirate attack on the Vietnamese cargo ship from succeeding in capturing the target ship. On 6 March 2011, she aided the destroyer in the capture of 4 pirates who had attacked the tanker . The pirates were later flown to Tokyo for trial. References Bibliography External links MaritimeQuest USS Antrim FFG-20 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates of the United States Navy Ships built in Los Angeles 1979 ships Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Turkish Navy Piracy in Somalia