_underway_c1965.jpg) Silas Bent (AGS-26), on builder's trials, July 1965
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Silas Bent |
| Namesake | Silas Bent |
| Builder | American Shipbuilding Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Laid down | 2 March 1964 |
| Launched | 16 May 1964 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Nancy M. McKinley and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Grandy |
| Acquired | by the United States Navy, 23 July 1965 |
| In service | as USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26) |
| Out of service | 28 October 1999 |
| Stricken | 28 October 1999 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7738527 |
| Honours and awards | National Defense Service Medal |
| Fate | transferred to the Navy of Turkey, 29 September 1999 as TCG Çeșme (A-599) |
 Turkey | |
| Name | TCG Çeşme |
| Namesake | town of Çeşme |
| Commissioned | 8 June 2000 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7738527 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Silas Bent class survey ship |
| Tonnage | 1,935 tons |
| Displacement | 2,550 tons full load |
| Length |
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| Beam | 48 ft (14.6 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Depth | 26 ft 6 in (8.1 m) |
| Propulsion | ALCO diesels, Allis-Chalmers electric drive, single shaft. SHP approx. 3000 + 350 SHP trainable and retractable, gas turbine powered, bow propulsion unit to assist station-keeping and ultra-quiet ship operations.[2] |
| Speed | 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Range | 12,000 nmi (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | None |
USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26) was a Silas Bent class survey ship acquired by the United States Navy in 1964 and delivered to the Military Sealift Command in 1965. Silas Bent spent her career in the Pacific Ocean performing oceanographic surveys. The ship was equipped with the Oceanographic Data Acquisition System (ODAS) as were the later oceanographic survey ships USNS Kane (T-AGS-27) and USNS Wilkes (T-AGS-33).[3]
- ^ "New Dream Ship for Scientists Makes a Big Splash at Launching". Sealift Magazine. Vol. 14, no. 8. Washington, D.C.: Military Sea Transportation Service. August 1964. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Naval Oceanographic Office (11 February 1966). USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26) Introduction Brochure (hosted at NavSource) (Report). Washington, D.C.: Naval Oceanographic Office. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ Office of Science and Technology (April 1972). The Federal Ocean Program (Report). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 67–68. Retrieved 30 December 2020.