TCG Sultanhisar (P-111)

For other ships with the same name, see TCG Sultanhisar.
USS PC-1638
History
United States
NamePC-1638
BuilderGunderson Brothers Engineering Corp., Portland
Laid down1963
Launched1963
Commissioned1964
Decommissioned9 May 1964
FateTransferred to Turkish Navy, 9 May 1964
Turkey
NameSultanhisar
NamesakeSultanhisar
Acquired9 May 1964
Commissioned25 January 1965
Decommissioned3 June 2002
Identification
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type
Displacement295 tons (full load)
Length175 ft (53 m)
Beam23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 x 2,400hp ALCO 169X 10AT diesel engines
  • 2 shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement59
Armament

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 Izmir.[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]

  1. ^ "Submarine Chaser Photo Archive PC-1638". NavSource Online. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  2. ^ a b c "Refakat ve Karakol Filosu Komutanlığı" (in Turkish). Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  3. ^ "Gunderson Marine, Portland OR". Shipbuilding History. 2010-12-07. Archived from the original on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  4. ^ "Gunboats Transferred Since WWII". Gunboats and OPVs Transferred Foreign. 2010-07-21. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  5. ^ "Turkish Navy / Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri - Ships". Sea Forces. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  6. ^ 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.