List of amphibious warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy

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

Tank landing ships

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Ex-US LST class

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Bayraktar class tank landing ship (Ex-Bundesmarine of West Germany, Ex-  US Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Bayraktar (NL-120)   Ex-FGS Bottrop (N-121), Ex-USS Saline County (LST-1101)[2] 13 December 1972
TCG Sancaktar (NL-121)   Ex-FGS Bochum (N-120), Ex-USS Rice County (LST-1089)[2] 12 December 1972

Ex-US Terrebonne Parish class

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Ertuğrul class tank landing ship (Ex-  US Navy Terrebonne Parish class tank landing ship):

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Ertuğrul (L-401)[3]   Ex-USS Windham County (LST-1170)[2] 4 June 1973 Extant in 2017
TCG Serdar (L-402)[3]   Ex-USS Westchester County (LST-1167)[2] 27 August 1974 Extant in 2010

Çakabey

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Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
TCG Çakabey (NL-122)[2]   Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul 30 June 1977

Sarucabey class

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Sarucabey class tank landing ship:

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
TCG Sarucabey (NL-123)[2]   Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul 30 July 1981 26 July 1984 Extant in 2010
TCG Karamürselbey (NL-124)[2]   Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul 26 July 1984 26 July 1985 Extant in 2010

Osmangazi class

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Osmangazi class tank landing ship:

Name Builder Launched Commissioned Fate
TCG Osmangazi (NL-125)[2]   Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul 27 July 1994 Extant in 2010
TCG Orhangazi (NL-126)[2][citation needed]   Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul October 1994

Tank landing craft

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Ex-British LCT Mk IV type

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Ex-British LCT Mk IV type:[2]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
Ç-101  
Ç-102  
Ç-103  
Ç-104  
Ç-105  
Ç-106  

Ex-French EDIC type

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Ç-107 - Ç-138[2]

 
EDIC type LCT class amphibious warfare vessels Ç-116, Ç-122, Ç-113, Ç-119 and Ç-126 in 1981
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
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-120 Extant in 2010
Ç-121
Ç-122
Ç-123 Extant in 2010
Ç-124
Ç-125 Extant in 2010
Ç-126 Extant in 2010
Ç-127 Extant in 2010
Ç-128 Extant in 2010
Ç-129
Ç-130
Ç-131
Ç-132 Extant in 2010
Ç-133 Extant in 2010
Ç-134 Extant in 2010
Ç-135 Extant in 2010
Ç-136
Ç-137 Extant in 2010
Ç-138 Extant in 2010

Ex-US LCU-501 class

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Ex-US LCU-501 class[2]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
Ç-201   June 1967
Ç-202   June 1967
Ç-203   June 1967
Ç-204   June 1967

LCU type

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Ç-205 - Ç-216[2]

Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
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

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Ex-  US Navy LCM-8:[2]

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

Ç-139 class

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

 
Ç-155 perform an off load of a Turkish Main Battle Tank, 2016
Name Builder Launched Acquired Fate
Ç-139 Extant in 2010
Ç-140 Extant in 2010
Ç-141 Extant in 2010
Ç-142 Extant in 2010
Ç-143 Extant in 2010
Ç-144 Extant in 2010
Ç-145 Extant in 2010
Ç-146 Extant in 2010
Ç-147 Extant in 2010
Ç-148 Extant in 2010
Ç-149 Extant in 2010
Ç-150 Extant in 2010
Ç-151
Ç-152
Ç-153
Ç-154
Ç-155

Sources

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  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 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. ^ a b 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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