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.[1][2]
The vessel was transferred on May 9, 1964[3][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 İzmir.[2]
Sultanhisar was decommissioned on June 3, 2002[6] as Burak-class corvettes entered service.[2]
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
- ^ "Submarine Chaser Photo Archive PC-1638". NavSource Online. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ a b c "Refakat ve Karakol Filosu Komutanlığı" (in Turkish). Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ "Gunderson Marine, Portland OR". Shipbuilding History. 2010-12-07. Archived from the original on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ "Gunboats Transferred Since WWII". Gunboats and OPVs Transferred Foreign. 2010-07-21. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ "Turkish Navy / Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri - Ships". Sea Forces. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ a b c "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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