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MSI-16


MSI-16 was built for Turkey



Call sign:
Tango - Bravo - Mike - Golf
MSI-15 Class Inshore Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 7 December 1966 as MSI-16 by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, WI
  • Delivered 1 September 1967
  • Completed 27 September 1967, transferred to Turkey and named TCG Fethiye (M 501)
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 120 t.
  • Length 111' 9"
  • Beam 23' 5"
  • Draft 8'
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 21
  • Armament: One .50 cal. machine gun
  • Propulsion: Four 250shp General Motors 6-71 diesel engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    MSI-16 107k 29 July 1967
    Conducting sea trials
    U.S. Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    MSI-16 306k Peterson Builders photo from the Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI Michael Cosgrove
    MSI-16 27k Yucel M. Umar, CPO, Turkish Navy, Ret.
    MSI-16 156k Cüneyt Demir
    There is no DANFS history currently available for MSI-16
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