History | |
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United States | |
Name | PC-1639 |
Builder | Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corp., Portland |
Laid down | 1963 |
Launched | 1964 |
Fate | Transferred to Turkish Navy |
Turkey | |
Name | Demirhisar |
Identification |
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Status | Unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | |
Displacement | 295 tons (full load) |
Length | 175 ft (53 m) |
Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 59 |
Armament |
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USS PC-1639 was an PC-1638-class submarine chaser in the United States Navy during the Cold War. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy as TCG Demirhisar (P 112) of the Hisar-class patrol boat.
PC-1639 was laid down in 1963 at Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corps., Portland, Oregon and launched in 1964.
She was transferred to the Turkish Navy in San Diego and renamed TCG Demirhisar (P 112). [1]
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TCG Gayret may refer to one of the following Turkish Navy ships:
USS Patroclus (ARL-19) was laid down as a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship but converted to one of 39 Achelous-class repair ships that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named for Patroclus, she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
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TCG Sultanhisar (P-111), ex-USS PC-1638, was a Hisar-class patrol boat of the Turkish Navy. She was built in 1963 by Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corp. in Portland, Oregon as a submarine chaser.
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TCG Demirhisar was the name ship of the four her class of destroyers built for the Turkish Navy during the Second World War. The design of her class was based on the British I class.
USS PC-1640 was an PC-1638-class submarine chaser in the United States Navy during the Cold War. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy as TCG Yarhisar of the Hisar-class patrol boat.
USS PC-1641 was an PC-1638-class submarine chaser in the United States Navy during the Cold War. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy as TCG Akhisar of the Hisar-class patrol boat.
USS PC-1642 was an PC-1638-class submarine chaser in the United States Navy during the Cold War. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy as TCG Sivrihisar of the Hisar-class patrol boat.
USS PC-1643 was an PC-1638-class submarine chaser in the United States Navy during the Cold War. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy as TCG Koçhisar of the Hisar-class patrol boat.
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The P112 is a single-board computer.