Defense Industry President İsmail Demir made important statements about Turkey’s largest warship, “TCG Anadolu”. Demir said, there were some effects of the epidemic in terms of the workforce. We were hoping it would reach the end of this year, it seems like it will sag a little more. But we don’t want to miss 2022 anymore.
Defense Industry President İsmail Demir announced that “TCG Anadolu” will be delivered to the Naval Forces Command in 2022.
prof. Dr. İsmail Demir was the guest of the program broadcast on CNN Türk. Demir said that within the scope of the construction activities of ANADOLU LHD, the finishing works are left and the ship will be delivered by the end of 2022.
Demir said, we asked if we could put UAVs and SİHAs on this platform next to the helicopters. Then we see that this can happen. This idea made a huge impact around the world. When we talked to various countries, we saw that there are quite a few buyers. There are very few aircraft carriers in the world. When you put a SİHA on it, the power and operational capability will be much different.
He noted that Spain also showed great interest in this new concept. They offered to work together. Maybe it can be a joint product of the two countries.
Demir added that TCG Anadolu also includes a fully equipped hospital. The ship had a locality rate of around 60 percent and a part of 10 percent is left. It can also be used with 90-95% of operational capability. Around 60 percent are locals.
The production of the TCG Anadolu amphibious assault ship is carried out under the main contractor of Sedef Shipyard and sub-contractor of Spanish Shipyard Navantia as part of the Multi-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD) project initiated by the SSB.
TCG Anadolu, which will increase the overseas military operation and humanitarian aid operation capabilities of the Turkish Armed Forces, which is classified by Türk Loydu, has a length of 232 meters and a width of 32 meters.
TCG ANADOLU technical specifications:
Length : 231.82 metres
Flight deck length : 202 metres
Width : 32 metres
Height : 58 metres
Top Speed : 21 knots (with full load)
Continuous Economic Face : 16 knots
Range : 9,000 nm
Travel Time : 30 days (without logistics support)
Service Period : 40 years
Maritime Feature
In-State of the Sea 5, airborne operations
In-State 4, loading and unloading operations
Flight Deck : 5.440 m2 (6 landing points, suitable for landing platforms with a maximum weight of up to 35 tons)
Hangar Area : 900 m2 (F-35B, S-70B, AW-149, CH-47, etc.)
Dock Area : 1.165 m2 (4 x LCM or 2 x LCVP)
Heavy Load Garage : 1,410 m2 (Tank, AAV, TEU Container, etc.)
Light Cargo Garage : 1,880 m2 (AAV, ZPT, Container, etc.)
12-degree inclined ramp