TCG Pirireis (S 343)
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Two submarines of the Turkish Navy
have borne the name and pennant number TCG Pirireis (S 343), both were former US Navy vessels:
, transferred on loan under the Military Assistance Program to Turkey on 18 March 1960. Sold outright to Turkey, 1 August 1973. Disposed of in 1973., leased to Turkey on 8 February 1980, sold on 6 August 1987, and decommissioned in August 2004.
Turkish Navy
The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be...
have borne the name and pennant number TCG Pirireis (S 343), both were former US Navy vessels:
, transferred on loan under the Military Assistance Program to Turkey on 18 March 1960. Sold outright to Turkey, 1 August 1973. Disposed of in 1973., leased to Turkey on 8 February 1980, sold on 6 August 1987, and decommissioned in August 2004.