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     S-343 Pirireis      

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

Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, USA.
Laid down: 18 April 1949.
Launch date: 27 April 1952.
Commission date: 25 October 1952.
Recommission date: 21 April 1980.
Decommission date: August 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 ): 15,5 surfaced; 18 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 Tang ( SS - 563 ).

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