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Bayraktar 1973

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Bayraktar (ex-Bottrop, ex-Saline County, ex-LST1101)	N111, 1972- A579, 1975- L403, 1980- NL120		Missouri Valley Bridge, Evansville, USA	11.1944	3.1.1945	26.1.1945 // 13.12.1972	stricken 2004
Sancaktar (ex-Bochum, ex-Rice County, ex-LST1089)	N112, 1972- A580, 1975- L404, 1980- NL121		American Bridge, Pittsburgh, USA	12.1944	17.2.1945	30.1.1945 // 12.12.1972	stricken 2004

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	3640
Displacement full, t	4140
Length, m	96.3 wl 101.4 oa
Breadth, m	15.3
Draught, m	3.98 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors 12-567A diesels
Power, h. p.	1700
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	diesel oil 590
Endurance, nm(kts)	15000 (9)
Armament	2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, mines
Military load	4 LCVP
Electronic equipment	Kelvin Highes 14/9 radar
Complement	60

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Project history

Former USN LST(2) class ships, transferred in 1964 to West Germany and converted to minelayers. Six rails on the upper deck, tapering to two at the stern, have been removed, but there remain four rails below decks, exiting through a broadened stern. Four 2-ton mine-handling cranes were added. The bow doors have been retained.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.