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TCG Ağ-6
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 | |
|---|---|
| Name | AN 93 class |
| Operators |
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| 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 |
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History Edit
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]