# List of miscellaneous ships of the Turkish Navy

This is a list of Turkish Navy miscellaneous ships that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920 to present.

## School ships

* Mecidiye ( William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Prut / Прут) - decommissioned on 1 March 1947, sold for scrap in 1952 & broken up between 1952 and 1956
* Hamidiye ( (Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd., Newcastle) - decommissioned in March 1947, from 1949-1951 was a museum ship, sold for scrap on 10 September 1964 & broke-up in 1966
Ex- Type 401 (Rhein-class fast attack craft tender):
** TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa (A-579) (i) ex- A69 Donau
** TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa (A-579) (ii) ex- A61 Elbe
Ex- Type 402 (Mosel class fast minesweeper tender)
** TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa (A-577) ex A54 Isar - retired

## Training boats

* E-class training boat - all active
** TCG E-1 (A-1531)
** TCG E-2 (A-1532)
** TCG E-3 (A-1533)
** TCG E-4 (A-1534)
** TCG E-5 (A-1535)
** TCG E-6 (A-1536)
** TCG E-7 (A-1537)
** TCG E-8 (A-1538)

## Liquid fuel tankers

* Çınar-class coastal tanker ( Germany FW 1 class):
** TCG Çınar (A-581) ex FW-1
** TCG Söğüt (A-598) ex FW-2
** TCG Kavak (A-600) ex FW-4
* TCG Akpınar (A-574) ex USS Chiwaukum (AOG-26)
* TCG İnebolu (A-575) ex Germany Bodensee
* Van-class water tanker:
** TCG Van (A-579)
** TCG Ulabat (A-580)
* TCG Taşkızak (A-570) - active as of June 15, 2006
* TCG Binbaşı Sadettin Gürcan (A-573)
* Albay Hakkı Burak-class liquid fuel tanker:
** TCG Albay Hakkı Burak (A-571)
** TCG Yüzbaşı İhsan Tolunay (A-572)
* Akar-class fleet support ship: - active
** TCG Akar (A-580)
** TCG Yarbay Kudret Güngör (A-595)

## Dry cargo ships

* Karadeniz Ereğlisi-type dry cargo ship (Kanarya class):
** TCG Şarköy (A-591)
** TCG Karadeniz Ereğlisi (A-592)
** TCG Eceabat (A-593)

## Salvage ships

* Akın-class submarine rescue ship ( Chanticleer class):
** TCG Akın (A-585) Ex-USS Greenlet (ASR-10) - decommissioned on 17 November 2017
* Alemdar-class submarine rescue ship
** TCG Alemdar (A-582) - active
* Işın-class salvage ship ( Escape class)
** TCG Işın (A-589) Ex-USS Safeguard (ARS-25) - decommissioned on 30 March 2017 & sunk as target in June 2021
* Kemer-class salvage assistance ship (Ex- Mercure class):
** TCG Kemer (A-582) Ex-West Germany M-1255 Passau

## Tugs

* Akbaş-class offshore tug (Ex- Almaz class):
** TCG Akbaş (A-586)
* Kurtaran-class offshore tug (Ex- Penguin class submarine rescue ship):
** TCG Kurtaran (A-584) Ex-USS Bluebird (ASR-19) - sunk during a training exercise on 15 September 2000
* Gazal class (Ex- Navajo-class fleet tug):
** TCG Gazal (A-587) Ex-USS Sioux (ATF-75) - decommissioned in December 2017 & destroyed as a target ship on December 27, 2023
* Değirmendere-class offshore tug (Ex- Tenace class):
** TCG Değirmendere (A-576) Ex-French Centaure (A674) - active
* Darıca-class offshore tug:
** TCG Darıca (A-578)
* Aksaz-class offshore tug (Ex- Type 414 harbour tug):
** TCG Aksaz (A-583)
* İnebolu-class offshore tug (Ex- Powhatan-class fleet ocean tug):
** TCG İnebolu (A-590) Ex- USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166) - active

## Net laying ships

* USA
** TCG Ağ-4 (P-304) ex-USS Larch (AN-21) Aloe-class net laying ship:
* USA - Germany AN-103-class
** TCG Ağ-5 (P-305), ex AN-103 - active
* USA - Netherlands AN-93-class
** TCG Ağ-6 (P-306), ex HNLMS Cerberus (A895) - active

## Survey ships

* Yunus-class electronic survey ship ( Germany Type 422B class):
** TCG Yunus (A-590) ex-Alster
* Deney-class survey ship
* Çeşme-class hydrographic and oceanographic survey ship ( USA Silas Bent class):
** TCG Çeşme - active
** TCG Çandarlı - active
* Çubuklu-class hydrographic and oceanographic survey ship
** TCG Çubuklu (A-594)

## Repair ships

* TCG Başaran (A-582) Ex-USS Patroclus (ARL-19) - decommissioned 22 April 1993 & scrapped in September 1993

## Troop transport ship

* İskenderun-class troop transport ship:
** TCG İskenderun (A-1600)

## Sources

* ↑ Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)
* ↑ Van class water tanker, Turkish Naval Forces
* ↑ Akar class fleet support ship, Turkish Naval Forces