MERSIN, Turkey \u2014 The Turkish Navy on Dec. 8 commissioned the logistic support ship \u201cTCG Yzb G\u00fcng\u00f6r Durmus\u201d in Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTCG Yzb G\u00fcng\u00f6r Durmus (A-574), the first ship of our Logistics Support Ship Project, which was begun to address the logistics demands of our combat ships, was completed at Ada Shipyard and began service with our Naval Forces Command,\u201d tweeted Turkey\u2019s top procurement official, Ismail Demir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project, begun in 2014, planned for two ships to enter service within 26 months. The initial contract for G\u00fcng\u00f6r Durmus, the project\u2019s first ship, was signed in 2014 with Istanbul\u2019s Selah Shipyard. G\u00fcng\u00f6r Durmus was launched in October 2016, and the second ship, Arif Ekmekci, was launched in July 2017. However, the ships were unable to be delivered after Selah Shipyard suffered financial difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In early 2021, Turkish defense company STM inked a new agreement with Turkish Defence Industries Presidency (SSB) to resume the project using Ada Shipyard as the principal contractor. Three weeks before commissioning, STM\u2019s combat systems manager said TCG Yzb G\u00fcng\u00f6r Durmus was ready for duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project\u2019s second ship is scheduled to join the Turkish Navy in February 2024. The projected service life of each ship is roughly 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TCG Yzb G\u00fcng\u00f6r Durmus measures nearly 107 m, or about 350 feet, with a beam of 16.8 m. The ship was designed to handle a wide variety of responsibilities, from addressing battle ship fuel requirements, making fuel transfers between shore facilities, assisting helicopter day and night operations up to 15 tons, hauling containers for humanitarian and rescue help to disaster zones and serving as a hospital for small-scale surgical operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ship includes an 18-ton lifting capacity hydraulic crane and an Astern Fueling System capable of transferring fuel to a vessel sailing behind the replenishment vessel. During its sea trials earlier this year, G\u00fcng\u00f6r Durmus performed the first real replenishment via AFS with Turkish frigate TCG Kemalreis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cargo capacity of G\u00fcng\u00f6r Durmus is just over 4 tons of oil, 336 tons of helicopter fuel and 594 tons of fresh water. The ship will have an unrestricted operational capability up to sea state 5 and will be operable with some constraints at sea states 6 and higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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