TCG Ağ-6

For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Cerberus.

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]

TCG Ağ-6 (P-306)

HNLMS Cerberus in Den Helder during the 1966 Navy days
Class overview
Name	AN 93 class
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy (former)  Turkish Navy
Succeeded by	Netherlands: Triton class
In commission	1952–present
History
United States
Name	AN 93
Builder	Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island
Launched	May 1952
Fate	Handed over to the Royal Netherlands Navy
Netherlands
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
Turkey
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	1 × 7.6 cm (3.0 in) canon 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) machine gun

History

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]

References

1. "HR.MS. Cerberus A 895" (in Dutch). Onze Marinevloot. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
2. "HR.MS. Cerberus" (in Dutch). Onze Marinevloot. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
3. "TCG Ağ-6 (P306)". NavSource Online. Retrieved 14 June 2023.