USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)

USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), the seventh Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, 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 (FFG-13) was the first ship of that name in the US 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 G class frigates (Perry class), which the Turkish Navy has acquired from the United States. As of 2011, she is still in active service.