TCG Sultanhisar (P-111)
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TCG Sultanhisar (P-111), ex-USS PC-1638, was a of the Turkish Navy
. She was built in 1963 by Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corp. in Portland, Oregon
as a submarine chaser.
The vessel was transferred on May 9, 1964 along with two other boats of the same class to Turkey
. Three other ships of the class followed the next year. Commissioned on January 25, 1965, the Sultanhisar was stationed at the Gölcük Naval Base
together with other s, before they were deployed in 1977 to the naval base in Izmir
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Sultanhisar was decommissioned on June 3, 2002 as s entered service.
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
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Turkish Navy
The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be...
. She was built in 1963 by Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corp. in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
as a submarine chaser.
The vessel was transferred on May 9, 1964 along with two other boats of the same class to Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. Three other ships of the class followed the next year. Commissioned on January 25, 1965, the Sultanhisar was stationed at the Gölcük Naval Base
Gölcük Naval Base
Gölcük Naval Base is the main base of the Turkish Navy on the east coast of the Sea of Marmara in Gölcük, Kocaeli. It is the principal base for logistic support with various facilities stretched over of land....
together with other s, before they were deployed in 1977 to the naval base in Izmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
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Sultanhisar was decommissioned on June 3, 2002 as s entered service.
TCG Sultanhisar (P-111) was the third ship of the Turkish Navy to have the name, following the destroyer
Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
TCG Sultanhisar and the torpedo boat
Torpedo boat
A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval vessel designed to carry torpedoes into battle. The first designs rammed enemy ships with explosive spar torpedoes, and later designs launched self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. They were created to counter battleships and other large, slow and...
Sultanhisar
Ottoman torpedo boat Sultanhisar
Sultanhisar was a torpedo boat of the Ottoman Navy. She was built in 1907 by Schneider & Cie in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, and transferred the same year to Turkey...
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