TCG Anadolu

History
Turkey
Name:	TCG Anadolu
Namesake:	Anatolian Peninsula
Ordered:	1 June 2015
Builder:	Sedef Shipbuilding, Inc.
Laid down:	30 April 2016
Launched:	Expected launch in year 2021
Identification:	Pennant number: L-408
Status:	Under Construction as of 2016
General characteristics
Class and type:	Anadolu-class amphibious assault ship Aircraft Carrier
Length:	232 m (761 ft)
Beam:	32 m (105 ft)
Draught:	6.9 m (23 ft)
Propulsion:	5 x 8000KW Man Diesel Generators, 2 × 11 MW Siemens SiPOD , 2 x 1500 KW Bow Thruster
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range:	9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	4 x LCM or 2 x LCAC
Sensors and processing systems:	GENESIS ADVENT Combat Management System, IRST, IFF, TDL, VMF, SATCOM, LWR, DDS, Torpedo Defense System
Armament:	5 × Aselsan 25mm STOP 2 x Phalanx CIWS 1x RAM
Aircraft carried:	4 x T-129 ATAK 8 x As532 or CH-47F 2 x SH-60Seahawk 2 x TAI Anka or Bayraktar Tactical UAS[1]
Notes:	Ship can be configured as a Light aircraft carrier or as a Amphibious assault ship. The ship will have ability to sustain and operate F-35B if Turkey purchases the type. [2]

TCG Anadolu is a planned amphibious assault ship of the Turkish navy that can be configured as a Light aircraft carrier. It is named after the region of Anatolia (Anadolu in Turkish), which forms central Turkey. The construction is taking place at Sedef Shipbuilding Inc. in Istanbul and is expected to be completed in 2021. The vessel is intended to meet various needs of the Turkish Armed Forces such as sustaining long endurance, long distance military combat operations and as well as humanitarian relief operations while acting as a command center.^[3]

The Sedef–Navantia consortium won the tender for the LPD/LHD Strategic Projection Vessel project and TCG Anadolu will use the same design as that of the Spanish ship Juan Carlos I. All of the ship's weapons system will be procured by Turkish firms Havelsan and ASELSAN.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

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