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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

ERTUĞRUL tank landing ships (1954/1973-1974)

Ertuğrul 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Ertuğrul (ex-Wihdham County, ex-LST1170) L401   Christy SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA 21.4.1953 22.5.1954 15.12.1954 // 6.1973 stricken 2018
Serdar (ex-Westchester County, ex-LST1167) L402   Christy SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA 11.1.1952 18.4.1953 10.3.1954 // 8.1974 stricken 2013

 

Displacement standard, t

2590

Displacement full, t

5786

Length, m

112.8 pp 117.4 oa

Breadth, m

16.8

Draught, m

5.18

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 General Motors 16-278A diesels

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil 874

Endurance, nm(kts) 15000(9)

Armament

3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, helicopter deck

Military load 10 tanks or 17 LVTP or 2200t of cargo, 395 marines, 4 LCVP

Electronic equipment

SPS-10, Decca 1226, 2x SPG-34 radars

Complement

116

Project history: Former USN Terrebonne Parish class ships. Both purchased 6.8.1987.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Serdar 2008

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