TCG Anadolu

TCG Anadolu conducting naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, August 2023
History
Turkey
Name	Anadolu
Namesake	Anatolia
Ordered	1 June 2015
Builder	Sedef Shipbuilding, Inc.
Cost	Over $1 billion [1]
Laid down	7 February 2018[1]
Launched	30 April 2019[2][3][4][5]
Commissioned	10 April 2023[6][7]
Identification	Pennant number: L-400[8][9]
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Juan Carlos I-class amphibious assault ship-aircraft carrier
Displacement	27,436 tons ("amphibious assault ship" configuration)[10] 24,660 tons ("V/STOL aircraft carrier" configuration)[11]
Length	232 m (761 ft 2 in)[5]
Beam	32 m (105 ft 0 in)[5]
Height	58 m (190 ft 3 in)[13]
Depth	27.5 m (90 ft 3 in)[13]
Propulsion	5 × 8,000 kW (11,000 hp) Navantia Man Diesel Generators 2 × 11 MW (15,000 hp) Siemens SiPOD 2 × 1,500 kW (2,000 hp) bow thrusters[5]
Speed	Maximum speed: 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)[5] Cruise speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)[12]
Range	9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)[5]
Endurance	50 days[13] 30 days without replenishment[12]
Boats & landing craft carried	6 xType LCVP[12]
Capacity	46 tanks[13] 77 light vehicles[13]
Complement	1223 (371 naval officers and seamen, 50 naval aviation personnel, 50 hospital personnel, 550-700 amphibious marines, others)[12]
Sensors and processing systems	SMART-S Mk.2 S-band 3D radar, SPN-720 Naval Precision Approach Radar, GENESIS-ADVENT Combat Management System, IRST, IFF, TDL, VMF, SATCOM, LWR, DDS, Torpedo Defense System,[2] Aselsan Piri-100 Infrared Search and Tracking System[14]
Armament	1 × RAM[13] 2 × Phalanx CIWS[13] 5 × 25 mm Aselsan STOP RCWS[13] 4 × 12.7 mm Aselsan STAMP RCWS[13]
Aircraft carried	30 Helicopters[15][16][5] 30 to 50 UCAVs[17][18]

TCG Anadolu (L-400)^[8][9] is an amphibious assault ship of the Turkish Navy.^[19] It is named after the peninsula of Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu) which forms the majority of the land mass of Turkey. The construction works began on 30 April 2016 at the shipyard of Sedef Shipbuilding Inc. in Istanbul, with the keel being laid on 7 February 2018.^{[2][3][4][5][1][20]} TCG Anadolu was commissioned with a ceremony on 10 April 2023.^{[6][21][22][23][24]}

The vessel is intended to meet the various needs and requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces, such as sustaining long-endurance, long-distance military combat or humanitarian relief operations, while acting as a command center and flagship for the Turkish Navy.^[3]

The Sedef–Navantia consortium won the tender for the amphibious assault ship project of the Turkish Navy. Anadolu used the same design as that of the Spanish ship Juan Carlos I. All of the ship's weapon systems were procured by Turkish firms Aselsan and Havelsan.^{[25][26][27][28][29][30]} The ship features a Turkish combat management system, the GENESIS-ADVENT,^[31][32][33] which was integrated by Aselsan and Havelsan.^[34] Aircraft landing is assisted in all weather condition by Leonardo SPN-720^[35] Precision Approach Radar.

Navantia provided design, technology transfer, equipment and technical assistance to Sedef Shipyard of Turkey for the design and development of Anadolu.^[36][37]