This is a list of Turkish Navy miscellaneous ships that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920[1] to present.
School ships
edit- Mecidiye (
William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Prut / Прут) - decommissioned on 1 March 1947, sold for scrap in 1952 & broken up between 1952 and 1956 - Hamidiye (
(Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd., Newcastle) - decommissioned in March 1947, from 1949-1951 was a museum ship, sold for scrap on 10 September 1964 & broke-up in 1966
Ex-
Type 401 (Rhein-class fast attack craft tender):
- TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa (A-579) (i) ex- A69 Donau
- 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 - retired
Training boats
edit- E-class training boat - all active
- 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
edit- 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 Taşkızak (A-570) - active as of June 15, 2006
- TCG Binbaşı Sadettin Gürcan (A-573)
- Albay Hakkı Burak-class liquid fuel tanker:
- Akar-class fleet support ship:[3] - active
Dry cargo ships
edit- Karadeniz Ereğlisi-type dry cargo ship (Kanarya class):
Salvage ships
edit- Akın-class submarine rescue ship (
Chanticleer class):
- TCG Akın (A-585) Ex-USS Greenlet (ASR-10) - decommissioned on 17 November 2017
- Alemdar-class submarine rescue ship
- TCG Alemdar (A-582) - active
- Işın-class salvage ship ( Escape class)
- TCG Işın (A-589) Ex-USS Safeguard (ARS-25) - decommissioned on 30 March 2017 & sunk as target in June 2021
- Kemer-class salvage assistance ship (Ex-
Mercure class):
- TCG Kemer (A-582) Ex-West Germany M-1255 Passau
Tugs
edit- Akbaş-class offshore tug (Ex-
Almaz class):
- Kurtaran-class offshore tug (Ex- Penguin class submarine rescue ship):
- TCG Kurtaran (A-584) Ex-USS Bluebird (ASR-19) - sunk during a training exercise on 15 September 2000
- Gazal class (Ex- Navajo-class fleet tug):
- TCG Gazal (A-587) Ex-USS Sioux (ATF-75) - decommissioned in December 2017 & destroyed as a target ship on December 27, 2023
- Değirmendere-class offshore tug (Ex- Tenace class):
- TCG Değirmendere (A-576) Ex-French Centaure (A674) - active
- Darıca-class offshore tug:
- Aksaz-class offshore tug (Ex-
Type 414 harbour tug):
- İnebolu-class offshore tug (Ex- Powhatan-class fleet ocean tug):
- TCG İnebolu (A-590) Ex- USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166) - active
- TCG İnebolu (A-590) Ex-
Net laying ships
edit- 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 - active
- USA -
Netherlands AN-93-class
- TCG Ağ-6 (P-306), ex HNLMS Cerberus (A895) - active
Survey ships
edit- 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 - active
- TCG Çandarlı - active
- Çubuklu-class hydrographic and oceanographic survey ship
Repair ships
edit- TCG Başaran (A-582) Ex-USS Patroclus (ARL-19) - decommissioned 22 April 1993 & scrapped in September 1993
Troop transport ship
edit- İskenderun-class troop transport ship:
Sources
edit- ↑ Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)
- ↑ Van class water tanker, Turkish Naval Forces
- ↑ Akar class fleet support ship, Turkish Naval Forces