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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]
![]() HNLMS Cerberus in Den Helder during the 1966 Navy days | |
Class overview | |
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Name | AN 93 class |
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Succeeded by | Netherlands: Triton class |
In commission | 1952–present |
History | |
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Name | AN 93 |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island |
Launched | May 1952 |
Fate | Handed over to the Royal Netherlands Navy |
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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) |
Identification | Pennant number: A895 |
Status | Returned to the US in 1970 |
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Name | Ağ-6 |
Commissioned | 17 September 1970 |
Identification | Pennant number: P306 |
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 Motors diesel engines |
Speed | 12.8 knots (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) |
Complement | 51 |
Armament |
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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]