FFG, minehunter transfers to Turkey approved

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FFG, minehunter transfers to Turkey approved
By Umit Enginsoy - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Oct 24, 2007 14:45:14 EDT

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill to grant to Turkey three decommissioned U.S. military ships and to sell a fourth to the allied nation at a large discount. The panel passed the bill on a voice vote.

Under the arrangement, the U.S. should transfer to Turkey two Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigates and an Osprey-class coastal minehunter. Another coastal minehunter was offered to Turkey at the sale price of nearly $28 million.

The two frigates, recently decommissioned by the U.S. Navy, are valued at about $125 million each, and the Osprey-class minehunters are worth about $130 million each, U.S. and Turkish military officials said.

The bill now must be approved in a House floor vote and by the Senate before being signed by President Bush.

Under the same bill, the U.S. also is planning to grant two other Osprey-class minehunters to Lithuania and to sell another two to Taiwan.

The Foreign Affairs Committee’s chairman, Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., sponsored the bill.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/10/defense_turkeyships_071024/



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