Shipyards in Turkey have been producing world-class production in the civil field for a long time. Capturing this quality in the military field and even becoming one of the leading countries was undoubtedly with the MİLGEM project, whose intellectual foundations were laid in the 90s and started to be materialized as of 2004. Finally, TCG Anadolu was delivered to the Naval Forces Command.
TCG has been delivered to the Anatolian Naval Forces! When will he start work?
The construction of TCG Anadolu (L-400), the construction of which was first started in 2014, was completed by Sedef Shipyard and launched last year. Then, the assembly and integration works of the electronic systems started. Final checks and pre-delivery inspections have been completed.
It was delivered to the Naval Forces Command today. The TCG Anadolu inventory entry date will be in the coming days after the acceptance tests. With a rough estimate, we can say that he can go on his first mission in late March or April. But there are many misconceptions about this ship. Because although it is versatile and convenient, it is not actually an aircraft carrier.
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It is in the amphibious assault class, which has a short and sloping runway that allows some aircraft to land and take off under certain conditions. In other words, its primary purpose is to enable Land Forces troops, armored vehicles and tanks to land in an area during war or operation. In addition, it will also act as a management-command center.
Of course, it can undertake reconnaissance, patrol, attack and defense roles with UAV, SİHA, TİHA, MIUS, helicopter and warplanes that can take off during wars and operations. In fact, it was planned to use vertical take-off and landing F-35s in the past years. However, this situation changed after the embargo and dismissal processes from the project.
It was said that 50+ Bayraktar TB3 SİHAs could be deployed in the first stage. However, according to the mission, the number of SİHA will decrease to 10. In this way, helicopters such as T-129 Atak and Seahawk will be able to be deployed. In addition, it should be noted that different aircraft such as Bayraktar Kızılelma, Hürjet and MMU can be deployed in the future.
4 LCM (mechanized landing) ships, each of which can carry tanks, will be able to enter the dock inside the ship. On the vehicle deck, there will be a total of 94 vehicles, including 13 tanks and 27 ZAHA type armored amphibious assault vehicles, 6 APCs (armored personnel carriers), 33 miscellaneous vehicles and 15 trailers. In addition, there will be a full-fledged hospital and 2 operating theaters.
TCG Anadolu features:
- Length: 232 m
- Height: 58 m
- Width: 32 meters
- Maximum speed: 21 knots – 39 km/h (with full load)
- Fully loaded range: 9 thousand nautical miles
- policy of movement: 9 thousand miles
- heavy duty garage: 1410 m²
- light duty garage: 1880 m²
- ship dock: 1165 m²
- Hangar: 900 m²
- flight deck: 5 thousand 440 m²
- full load displacement: 27 thousand 436 tons
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