TCG Derya (A-1590)
Class overview | |
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Name | Derya class |
Builders | Sefine Shipyard |
Operators | Turkish Navy |
Built | 2018–2024 |
In commission | 2024–present |
Completed | 1 |
Active | 1 |
History | |
Turkey | |
Name | Derya |
Laid down | 2018 |
Launched | October 2021 |
Commissioned | 19 January 2024 |
Identification | Hull number: A-1590 |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Auxiliary ship |
Displacement | 26,000 long tons (26,000 t) |
Length | 194.80 m (639 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 23.40 m (76 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) |
Endurance | +30 days |
Capacity |
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Complement | 326 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armor |
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Aircraft carried | 3 × Helicopters |
Aviation facilities | Helipad, hangar |
TCG Derya (A-1590) is a Turkish fast combat support auxiliary ship of type replenishment oiler of the Turkish Naval Forces, commissioned in January 2024.[1]
History
In 2016, the Defence Industry Agency (SSB) of the Ministry of National Defense launched a project for the building of an auxiliary ship to meet the needs of the Turkish Naval Forces. The vessel is to provide oil, water, provisions, spare parts, medical supplies, ammunition, etc. to multiple ships at the same time during operations in the high seas and transoceanic waters. It was planned that the ship would serve also as a command and control ship in wartime with its effective combat management capacity.[2]
A contract was signed between the SSB and
In later years, the technical characteristics of the ship were extended, and the initially planned armament changed to more contemporary weapons. The ship was launched from the Sefine Shipyard in Altınova, Yalova Province in October 2021.[2] After successfully completing acceptance tests, she entered service in a ceremony on 19 January 2024, named TCG Derya and with hull number A-1590.[1][2] She is the second auxiliary ship with the same name following TCG Derya (A-576), ex USS Piedmont (AD–17), which served between 1982 and 1994 in the Turkish Navy.[3]
Characteristics
Derya provides replenishment at sea for solid, liquid materials and ammunition. She can be used in intelligence gathering, search and rescue and humanitarian evacuation operations as well as natural disaster relief tasks.[2]
The ship is 194.80 m (639 ft 1 in) long and has a
References
- ^ Anadolu News Agency(in Turkish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Bilgen, Mustafa Emir (21 January 2024). "(A-1590) TCG DERYA Denizde İkmal Muharebe Destek Gemisi". Mavi Vatan (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Piedmont (AD 17)". NVR. Retrieved 24 January 2024.