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     S-342 Hizirreis      

Photo byApril 2005. The Marmaris. Photo by A. Andreev.

Country: Turkey.
Class, [Type]: Tang, [SS].

Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, USA.
Laid down: 20 May 1950.
Launch date: 11 June 1952.
Commission date: 21 November 1952.
Recommission date: 30 September 1983.
Decommission date: 4 February 2004.

Displacement ( tons ): 2100 surfaced, 2700 dived.
Dimensions ( metres ): 87,4 x 8,3 x 5,8.
Main machinery: Diesel-electric: 3 x Fairbanks-Morse 38D8-1/8-10 diesels ( 4500 hp ), 2 x Westinghouse motors ( 4800 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 18 surfaced; 15,5 dived.
Range ( miles ): 11500 at 10 knots.
Diving depth ( metres ): 210.
Complement: 75 ( 8 officers ).

Torpedoes: 8 x 533mm tubes ( 6 forward, 2 aft ) for 26 Mk37 torpedoes.
Mines: In lieu of torpedoes.

Radar: Surface search: BPS-12.
Sonar: EDO BQR-2B, BQS-4, BQG-3.
Comments: Ex – USS Gudgeon ( SS - 567 ). TCG Hizirreis is at the Kocaeli Museum Ships Command in Izmit.

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