Water vessel
TCG Ağ-6 (P-306)
HNLMS
Cerberus in
Den Helder during the 1966 Navy days
Class overview
Name AN 93 class
Operators
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
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]
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
Dutch naval ship classes post-1945