A-588 Çandarli

Country:  Turkey

Class, [Type]: Silas Bent, [AGS].

Builder: Christy Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Launch date: 20 November 1965.

Commission date: 25 July 2001.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.900 light, 2.743 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 86,9 x 14,6 x 4,6

Main machinery: 2 x Alco diesel generators, 1 x Westinghouse/GE motor ( 3.600 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 15.

Range ( miles ): 5.800 at 14,5 knots, 8.000 at 13 knots.

Complement: 37 ( 12 officers ) + 28 scientists.

Radar: Navigation: 2 x Raytheon.

Callsign: TBWO ()

Comment: Ex - USS T-AGS 27 Kane. Transferred from the US on 14th March 2001.

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