TCG Sultanhisar (P-111)

History
Turkey
Name: TCG Sultanhisar (P-111)
Namesake: Sultanhisar
Owner: Turkish Navy
Operator: Escort and Patrol Fleet Command
Builder: Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corp. in Portland, Oregon, USA[1]
Completed: 1963
Acquired: May 9, 1964[1]
Commissioned: January 25, 1965
Decommissioned: June 3, 2002
General characteristics
Type: Patrol boat
Displacement: 295 tons (full load)[2]
Length: 175 ft (53 m)[2]
Beam: 23 ft (7.0 m)[2]
Draft: 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)[2]
Propulsion: 2 2,400hp ALCO 169X 10AT diesel engines, 2 shafts[2]
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)[2]
Complement: 59[2]
Armament:

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.[2][3]

The vessel was transferred on May 9, 1964[1][4] along with two other boats of the same class to Turkey. Three other ships of the class followed the next year.[5] Commissioned on January 25, 1965,[6] the Sultanhisar was stationed at the Gölcük Naval Base together with other Hisar-class patrol boats, before they were deployed in 1977 to the naval base in Izmir.[3]

Sultanhisar was decommissioned on June 3, 2002[6] as Burak-class corvettes entered service.[3]

TCG Sultanhisar (P-111) was the third ship of the Turkish Navy to have the name, following the destroyer TCG Sultanhisar and the torpedo boat Sultanhisar.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gunderson Marine, Portland OR". Shipbuilding History. 2010-12-07. Archived from the original on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Submarine Chaser Photo Archive PC-1638". NavSource Online. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  3. 1 2 3 "Refakat ve Karakol Filosu Komutanlığı" (in Turkish). Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Gunboats Transferred Since WWII". Gunboats and OPVs Transferred Foreign. 2010-07-21. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  5. ↑ "Turkish Navy / Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri - Ships". Sea Forces. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  6. 1 2 3 "Deniz kuvvetlerinde sistem değişikliği (System change in naval force)" (in Turkish). Belgeler. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-30.


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