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TEKIRDAG (A-601) class

Country of Origin: Turkey


 0 TEKIRDAG-class INTELLIGENCE COLLECTOR (AGI) (Canadian BAY class)

 Name             Pendant     Launched          Status
 TEKIRDAG         A-601       Nov. 12, 1951     Scrapped
   (ex-Turkish M-533; ex-Canadian HMCS UNGAVA, MCB-148)

This ship was built as a coastal minesweeper (MSC) for the Canadian navy. She and three other ships (see under TRABZON class ) were transferred to Turkey under the U.S. Military Assistance Program on May 19, 1958. She was converted to an...

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