For other ships of the same name, see HNLMS Cerberus.
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File:Vlootdagen in Den Helder. Duikers aan boord van duikvaartuig (boegnummer A895), Bestanddeelnr 919-4262.jpg HNLMS Cerberus in Den Helder during the 1966 Navy days | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | AN 93 class |
| Operators: |
 Turkish Navy |
| Succeeded by: | Netherlands: Triton class |
| In commission: | 1952–present |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | AN 93 |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island |
| Launched: | May 1952 |
| Fate: | Handed over to the Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Career (Netherlands) |  |
| Name: | Cerberus |
| Acquired: | May 1990 |
| Commissioned: | 10 November 1952 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 February 1967 |
| Out of service: | 3 November 1969 |
| Reclassified: | 8 September 1961 (as diving support vessel) |
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| Status: | Returned to the US in 1970 |
| Career (Turkey) |  |
| Name: | Ağ-6 |
| Commissioned: | 17 September 1970 |
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| Status: | In active service |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type: | Net laying ship (later: diving support vessel) |
| Displacement: | 960 t (945 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 52.16 m (171 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 10.40 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 3.87 m (12 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 1,550 hp (1,160 kW) General Motor diesel engines |
| Speed: | 12.8 knots (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) |
| Complement: | 51 |
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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[]
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[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "HR.MS. Cerberus A 895" (in nl). Onze Marinevloot. https://onzemarinevloot.weebly.com/hrms-cerberus-a-895.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "HR.MS. Cerberus" (in nl). Onze Marinevloot. https://onzemarinevloot.weebly.com/hrmscerberus-a-895.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "TCG Ağ-6 (P306)" (in en). NavSource Online. http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/18/18093.htm.
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