List of miscellaneous ships of the Turkish Navy

This is a list of Turkish Navy miscellaneous ships that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920^[1] to present.

Contents 1 School ships 2 Training boats 3 Liquid fuel tankers 4 Dry cargo ships 5 Salvage Ships 6 Tugs 7 Net laying ships 8 Survey ships 9 Repair ships 10 Troop transport ship 11 Sources 12 External links

School ships

• Mecidiye ( William Camp & Sons, Philadelphia, Prut / Прут)
• Hamidiye ( (Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd., Newcastle)

Ex- Type 401 (Rhein class fast attack craft tender):

• • TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa (A-579) (i) ex A64 Ruhr
  • TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa (A-579) (ii) ex A61 Elbe

Ex- Type 402 (Mosel class fast minesweeper tender)

• • TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa (A-577) ex A54 Isar

Training boats

• E class training boat
  • TCG E-1 (A-1531)
  • TCG E-2 (A-1532)
  • TCG E-3 (A-1533)
  • TCG E-4 (A-1534)
  • TCG E-5 (A-1535)
  • TCG E-6 (A-1536)
  • TCG E-7 (A-1537)
  • TCG E-8 (A-1538)

Liquid fuel tankers

• Çınar class coastal tanker ( Germany FW 1 class):
  • TCG Çınar (A-581) ex FW-1
  • TCG Söğüt (A-598) ex FW-2
  • TCG Kavak (A-600) ex FW-4

• TCG Akpınar (A-574) ‎ex USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26)

• TCG İnebolu (A-575) ex  Germany Bodensee

• Van class water tanker^[2]:
  • TCG Van (A-579)
  • TCG Ulabat (A-580)

• TCG Taşkızak (A-570)

• TCG Binbaşı Sadettin Gürcan (A-573)

• Albay Hakkı Burak class liquid fuel tanker:
  • TCG Albay Hakkı Burak (A-571)
  • TCG Yüzbaşı İhsan Tolunay (A-572)

• Akar class fleet support ship^[3]:
  • TCG Akar (A-580)
  • TCG Yarbay Kudret Güngör (A-595)

Dry cargo ships

• Karadeniz Ereğlisi type dry cargo ship (Kanarya class):
  • TCG Şarköy (A-591)
  • TCG Karadeniz Ereğlisi (A-592)
  • TCG Eceabat (A-593)

Salvage Ships

• Akın class submarine rescue ship ( Chanticleer class):
  • TCG Akın (A-585) Ex-USS Greenlet (ASR-10)

• Işın class salvage ship ( Escape class)
  • TCG Işın (A-589) Ex-USS Safeguard (ARS-25)

• Kemer class salvage assistance ship (Ex- Mercure class):
  • TCG Kemer (A-582) Ex-West Germany M-1255 Passau

Tugs

• Akbaş class offshore tug (Ex- Almaz class):
  • TCG Akbaş (A-585)

• Kurtaran class offshore tug (Ex- Penguin class submarine rescue ship):
  • TCG Kurtaran (A-584) Ex-USS Bluebird (ASR-19)

• Gazal class (Ex- Navajo class fleet tug):
  • TCG Gazal (A-587) Ex-USS Sioux (ATF-75)

• Değirmendere class offshore tug (Ex- Tenace class):
  • TCG Değirmendere (A-576) Ex-French Sister Centaure (A 674)

• Darıca class offshore tug:
  • TCG Darıca (A-578)

• Aksaz class offshore tug (Ex- Type 414 harbour tug):
  • TCG Aksaz (A-583)

• İnebolu class offshore tug (Ex- Powhatan class fleet ocean tug):
  • TCG İnebolu (A-590) Ex- USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166)

Net laying ships

•  USA
  • TCG Ağ-4 (P-304) ex USS Larch (AN-21) Aloe class net laying ship:
•  USA -  Germany AN-103 class
  • TCG Ağ-5 (P-305) ex AN 103
•  USA -  Netherlands AN-93 class
  • TCG Ağ-6 (P-306) ex AN-93

Survey ships

• Yunus class electronic survey ship ( Germany Type 422B class):
  • TCG Yunus (A-590) ex Alster

• Deney class survey ship

• Çeşme class hydrographic and oceanographic survey ship ( USA Silas Bent class):
  • TCG Çeşme

• Çubuklu class hydrographic and oceanographic survey ship
  • TCG Çubuklu (A-594)

Repair ships

• TCG Başaran (A-582) Ex-USS Patroclus (ARL-19) decommissioned 22 April 1993

Troop transport ship

• İskenderun class troop transport ship:
  • TCG İskenderun (A-1600)

Sources

External links

• Serhat Guvenc, "Building a Republican Navy in Turkey: 1924-1939", International Journal of Naval History
• Unofficial Homepage of Turkish Navy

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