Mordoğan 1965
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Mordoğan (ex-LSM484) | N101 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 2/1945 | 10.3.1945 | 4.1945 // 10.1952 | stricken 1993 | |
Meriç (ex-LSM490) | N102 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 3/1945 | 24.3.1945 | 4.1945 // 10.1952 | stricken 1988 | |
Marmaris (ex-LSM481) | N103 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 2/1945 | 10.3.1945 | 4.1945 // 9.1952 | stricken 1988 | |
Mersin (ex-Vidar, ex-LSM493) | N104 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 3/1945 | 30.3.1945 | 5.1945 // 11.1960 | stricken 1995 | |
Mürefte (ex-Vale, ex-LSM492) | N105 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 3/1945 | 24.3.1945 | 5.1945 // 11.1960 | stricken 1993 |
Displacement standard, t |
743 |
Displacement full, t |
1100 |
Length, m |
59.9 wl 61.9 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
Draught, m |
2.60 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 General Motors 16-278A diesels |
Power, h. p. |
2880 |
Max speed, kts |
12 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 60 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(12) |
Armament |
3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 400 mines |
Electronic equipment |
2x nav. radars |
Complement | 89 |
Project history: Former USN LSM-class medium landing ships. In 1952 five ships were converted to minelayers, three were transferred to Turkey and two to Norway. In 1960 Norwegian pair was also transferred to Turkey.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Marmaris 1979
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