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TURKISH NAVY (TURKEY)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

KAS minesweepers (1942-1944/1948)

Kas 1955

Kozlu 1955

Kuşadası 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kozlu (ex-YMS348) M513   Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA 9.1942 9.2.1943 9.1943 // 2.1948 discarded 1965
Kuşadası (ex-YMS468) M514   Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA 6.1943 23.3.1944 8.1944 // 2.1948 discarded 1965
Küllük (ex-YMS375), 1950s- Karamürsel M515   Greenport Basin, USA 12.1942 27.2.1943 7.1943 // 2.1948 discarded 1966
Kas (ex-YMS79) M517   Stadium, Cleveland, USA 6.1941 27.12.1941 6.1942 // 2.1948 discarded 1963
Kilimli (ex-YMS289) M518   Associated, Seattle, USA 10.1942 26.1.1943 6.1943 // 2.1948 discarded 1963
Kerempe (ex-YMS239) M519   Stadium, Cleveland, USA 5.1942 27.10.1942 4.1943 // 2.1948 discarded 1966
Kemer (ex-YMS228) M520   Frank L. Sample, Boothbay Harbor, USA 4.1942 2.10.1942 5.1943 // 2.1948 discarded 1966
Kirte (ex-YMS307) M521   Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 10.1942 31.12.1943 2.1944 // 2.1948 discarded 1966

 

Displacement standard, t

270

Displacement full, t

320

Length, m

39.6 wl 41.5 oa

Breadth, m

7.47

Draught, m

2.36 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

SF or SO or SU radar

Complement

60

Project history: Former US YMS class coastal minesweepers. Kas had two funnels, Kuşadası had no funnels, others had one funnel.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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