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YMP-3

YMP-3 was built for Turkey as TCG Mehmetçik (N 105)

Yard Mineplanter:

Built by Higgins Industries, New Orleans LA (YN 13614)

Laid down, date unknown

Launched, date unknown

Completed under the Military Assistance Program for Turkey as TCG Mehmetçik (N 105) ¹, December 1957

Redesignated (N 115), date unknown

Placed out of Turkish naval service, 2000

Purchased for commercial service, rebuilt as a cable laying and recovery vessel and renamed MV Mehmetçik-2, 2002

Final Disposition, fate unknown

^{1. Mehmetçik, also given as Mehmedcik, means "Little Mehmet," an affectionate pet name for Turkish soldiers, like "doughboy" or "G.I." in the US Army.}

Specifications:
Displacement 540 tons(fl)
Length 127'
Beam 35'
Draft 6'
Speed 10 kts
Complement 22
Armament one 40mm AA
Propulsion

two General Motors 6-71 diesel engines, 600bhp each

two propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
YMP-3
	69k	*YMP-3* entering a floating dry dock at New Orleans, probably soon before being delivered to Turkey.	Cüneyt Demir
TCG Mehmetçik (N 105) (N 115)
	137k	Ex-*YMP-3* in Turkish Naval service as *TCG Mehmetçik* (N 105)** tied to a mooring buoy, location unknown, circa 1965. Official Turkish Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	84k	*TCG Mehmetçik* (N 115)** underway in 1985 in the Bosporus Straits.	Cüneyt Demir
	92k	Drawing of *TCG Mehmetçik* (N 105) (N 115)** by Cüneyt Demir.	Cüneyt Demir
	69k
	78k
	108k	*TCG Mehmetçik* (N 115)** underway, date and location unknown. Official Turkish Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
Commercial Service
	299k	MV Mehmetçik-2 underway in the Bosporus Straits, circa 2002.	Cüneyt Demir

There is no DANFS history available for YMP-3 at NavSource
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation

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