List of amphibious warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy

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This is a list of Turkish Navy amphibious warfare vessels that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920 [1] to present.

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Tank landing ships

Ex-US LST class

Bayraktar class tank landing ship (Ex-Bundesmarine of West Germany, Ex- Flag of the United States.svg US Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship:

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
TCG Bayraktar (NL-120) Flag of the United States.svg Ex-FGS Bottrop (N-121), Ex-USS Saline County (LST-1101) [2] 13 December 1972
TCG Sancaktar (NL-121) Flag of the United States.svg Ex-FGS Bochum (N-120), Ex-USS Rice County (LST-1089) [2] 12 December 1972

Ex-US Terrebonne Parish class

Ertuğrul class tank landing ship (Ex- Flag of the United States.svg US Navy Terrebonne Parish class tank landing ship):

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
TCG Ertuğrul (L-401) [3] Flag of the United States.svg Ex-USS Windham County (LST-1170) [2] 4 June 1973Out of service in March 2017
TCG Serdar (L-402) [3] Flag of the United States.svg Ex-USS Westchester County (LST-1167) [2] 27 August 1974Decommissioned in 2011 & sunk as a target in May 2014

Çakabey

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
TCG Çakabey (NL-122) [2] Flag of Turkey.svg Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul 30 June 1977

Sarucabey class

Sarucabey class tank landing ship:

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
TCG Sarucabey (NL-123) [2] Flag of Turkey.svg Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul30 July 198126 July 1984Extant in 2010
TCG Karamürselbey (NL-124) [2] Flag of Turkey.svg Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul26 July 198426 July 1985Extant in 2010

Osmangazi class

Osmangazi class tank landing ship:

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFate
TCG Osmangazi (NL-125) [2] Flag of Turkey.svg Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul27 July 1994In use as of 2023
TCG Orhangazi (NL-126) [2] [ citation needed ] Flag of Turkey.svg Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, IstanbulOctober 1994

Tank landing craft

Ex-British LCT Mk IV type

Ex-British LCT Mk IV type: [2]

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Ç-101 Flag of the United States.svg
Ç-102 Flag of the United States.svg
Ç-103 Flag of the United States.svg
Ç-104 Flag of the United States.svg
Ç-105 Flag of the United States.svg
Ç-106 Flag of the United States.svg

Ex-French EDIC type

Ç-107 - Ç-138 [2]

EDIC type LCT class amphibious warfare vessels C-116, C-122, C-113, C-119 and C-126 in 1981 Turkish troopsNATO81.jpeg
EDIC type LCT class amphibious warfare vessels Ç-116, Ç-122, Ç-113, Ç-119 and Ç-126 in 1981
NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Ç-107
Ç-108
Ç-109
Ç-110
Ç-111
Ç-112
Ç-113
Ç-114
Ç-115
Ç-116
Ç-117
Ç-118
Ç-119
Ç-120Extant in 2010
Ç-121
Ç-122
Ç-123Extant in 2010
Ç-124
Ç-125Extant in 2010
Ç-126Extant in 2010
Ç-127Extant in 2010
Ç-128Extant in 2010
Ç-129
Ç-130
Ç-131
Ç-132Extant in 2010
Ç-133Extant in 2010
Ç-134Extant in 2010
Ç-135Extant in 2010
Ç-136
Ç-137Extant in 2010
Ç-138Extant in 2010

Ex-US LCU-501 class

Ex-US LCU-501 class [2]

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Ç-201 Flag of the United States.svg June 1967
Ç-202 Flag of the United States.svg June 1967
Ç-203 Flag of the United States.svg June 1967
Ç-204 Flag of the United States.svg June 1967

LCU type

Ç-205 - Ç-216 [2]

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Ç-205
Ç-206
Ç-207
Ç-208
Ç-209
Ç-210
Ç-211
Ç-212
Ç-213
Ç-214
Ç-215
Ç-216

Ex-US LCM-8 type

Ex- Flag of the United States.svg US Navy LCM-8: [2]

NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Ç-301
Ç-302
Ç-303
Ç-304
Ç-305Extant in 2010
Ç-306
Ç-307
Ç-308Extant in 2010
Ç-309
Ç-310
Ç-311
Ç-312Extant in 2010
Ç-313
Ç-314Extant in 2010
Ç-315
Ç-316Extant in 2010
Ç-317
Ç-318
Ç-319Extant in 2010
Ç-320
Ç-321Extant in 2010
Ç-322Extant in 2010
Ç-323Extant in 2010
Ç-324Extant in 2010
Ç-325Extant in 2010
Ç-326Extant in 2010
Ç-327Extant in 2010
Ç-328
Ç-329Extant in 2010
Ç-330Extant in 2010
Ç-331Extant in 2010

Ç-139 class

Ç-139 class [2] - (currently categorized by the Turkish Navy as Ç-117 class)

C-155 perform an off load of a Turkish Main Battle Tank, 2016 C155AmpShipTurkey.jpg
Ç-155 perform an off load of a Turkish Main Battle Tank, 2016
NameBuilderLaunchedAcquiredFate
Ç-139Extant in 2010
Ç-140Extant in 2010
Ç-141Extant in 2010
Ç-142Extant in 2010
Ç-143Extant in 2010
Ç-144Extant in 2010
Ç-145Extant in 2010
Ç-146Extant in 2010
Ç-147Extant in 2010
Ç-148Extant in 2010
Ç-149Extant in 2010
Ç-150Extant in 2010
Ç-151
Ç-152
Ç-153
Ç-154
Ç-155

Sources

  1. ↑ 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)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN   978-0-85177-605-7, p. 474.
  3. 1 2 Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN   978-0-85177-605-7, p. 479.
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