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TCG Ağ-6

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TCG Ağ-6 (P-306)
HNLMS Cerberus in Den Helder during the 1966 Navy days
Class overview
NameAN 93 class
Operators
Succeeded byNetherlands: Triton class
In commission1952–present
History
United States
NameAN 93
BuilderBethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island
LaunchedMay 1952
FateHanded over to the Royal Netherlands Navy
Netherlands
NameCerberus
AcquiredMay 1990
Commissioned10 November 1952
Decommissioned28 February 1967
Out of service3 November 1969
Reclassified8 September 1961 (as diving support vessel)
IdentificationPennant number: A895
StatusReturned to the US in 1970
Turkey
NameAğ-6
Commissioned17 September 1970
IdentificationPennant number: P306
StatusIn active service
General characteristics [1][2]
TypeNet laying ship (later: diving support vessel)
Displacement960 t (945 long tons) full load
Length52.16 m (171 ft 2 in)
Beam10.40 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draught3.87 m (12 ft 8 in)
Propulsion2 × 1,550 hp (1,160 kW) General Motors diesel engines
Speed12.8 knots (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph)
Complement51
Armament
  • 1 × 7.6 cm (3.0 in) canon
  • 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) machine gun

TCG Ağ-6 (P-306) (ex-HNLMS Cerberus (A895)) was a net laying ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Currently serving in the Turkish Navy.[1][3]

History

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The ship was built under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) for the Dutch Navy to a similar design as the Cohoes class. She was the first warship built by the United States to be handed over to a NATO member without serving for the US first.[1][2]

In 1961 the Cerberus was rebuilt as a diving support vessel, but could still function as a net layer.[1][2]

On paper she was returned to the United States on 17 September 1970. But the US transferred her to the Turkish Navy on the same day.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "HR.MS. Cerberus A 895" (in Dutch). Onze Marinevloot. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "HR.MS. Cerberus" (in Dutch). Onze Marinevloot. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "TCG Ağ-6 (P306)". NavSource Online. Retrieved 14 June 2023.