List of amphibious warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy

This is a list of Turkish Navy amphibious warfare vessels that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920[1] to present.

Tank landing ships

Bayraktar class tank landing ship (Ex-Bundesmarine of West Germany, Ex- US Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship:

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Bayraktar (NL-120)		Ex-FGS Bottrop (N-121), Ex-USS Saline County (LST-1101)[2]	13 December 1972
TCG Sancaktar (NL-121)		Ex-FGS Bochum (N-120), Ex-USS Rice County (LST-1089)[2]	12 December 1972

Ertuğrul class tank landing ship (Ex- US Navy Terrebonne Parish class tank landing ship):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Ertuğrul (L-401)[3]		Ex-USS Windham County (LST-1170)[2]	4 June 1973	Extant in 2017
TCG Serdar (L-402)[3]		Ex-USS Westchester County (LST-1167)[2]	27 August 1974	Extant in 2010

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
TCG Çakabey (NL-122)[2]	Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul	30 June 1977

Sarucabey class tank landing ship:

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
TCG Sarucabey (NL-123)[2]	Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul	30 July 1981	26 July 1984	Extant in 2010
TCG Karamürselbey (NL-124)[2]	Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul	26 July 1984	26 July 1985	Extant in 2010

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
TCG Osman Gazi (NL-125)[2]	Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul		27 July 1994	Extant in 2010
TCG Orhan Gazi (NL-126)[2]	Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul		October 1994

Ç-107 - Ç-138[2]

EDIC type LCT class amphibious warfare vessels Ç-116, Ç-122, Ç-113, Ç-119 and Ç-126 in 1981

Ex-US LCU-501 class[2]

Ç-205 - Ç-216[2]

Ex- US Navy LCM-8:[2]

Ç-139 class[2] - (currently categorized by the Turkish Navy as Ç-117 class)

Ç-155 perform an off load of a Turkish Main Battle Tank, 2016

Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu" Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine, Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography. (in Turkish)
Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7, p. 474.
Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995, ISBN 978-0-85177-605-7, p. 479.

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