,_Bestanddeelnr_919-4262.jpg) HNLMS Cerberus in Den Helder during the 1966 Navy days
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | AN 93 class |
| Operators |
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| Succeeded by | Netherlands: Triton class |
| In commission | 1952–present |
| History | |
 United States | |
| Name | AN 93 |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island |
| Launched | May 1952 |
| Fate | Handed over to the Royal Netherlands Navy |
 Netherlands | |
| Name | Cerberus |
| Acquired | May 1990 |
| Commissioned | 10 November 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 1967 |
| Out of service | 3 November 1969 |
| Reclassified | 8 September 1961 (as diving support vessel) |
| Identification | Pennant number: A895 |
| Status | Returned to the US in 1970 |
 Turkey | |
| Name | Ağ-6 |
| Commissioned | 17 September 1970 |
| Identification | Pennant number: P306 |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Net laying ship (later: diving support vessel) |
| Displacement | 960 t (945 long tons) full load |
| Length | 52.16 m (171 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 10.40 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 3.87 m (12 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 1,550 hp (1,160 kW) General Motors diesel engines |
| Speed | 12.8 knots (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) |
| Complement | 51 |
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TCG Ağ-6 (P-306) (ex-HNLMS Cerberus (A895)) was a net laying ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Currently serving in the Turkish Navy.
History
The ship was built under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) for the Dutch Navy to a similar design as the Cohoes class. She was the first warship built by the United States to be handed over to a NATO member without serving for the US first.
In 1961 the Cerberus was rebuilt as a diving support vessel, but could still function as a net layer.
On paper she was returned to the United States on 17 September 1970. But the US transferred her to the Turkish Navy on the same day.
References
- ^ "HR.MS. Cerberus A 895" (in Dutch). Onze Marinevloot. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "HR.MS. Cerberus" (in Dutch). Onze Marinevloot. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "TCG Ağ-6 (P306)". NavSource Online. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
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