Silas Bent (AGS-26), on builder's trials, July 1965
History
United States
Name
Silas Bent
Namesake
Silas Bent
Builder
American Shipbuilding Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
Laid down
2 March 1964
Launched
16 May 1964
Sponsored by
Miss Nancy M. McKinley and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Grandy
Acquired
by the United States Navy, 23 July 1965
In service
as USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26)
Out of service
28 October 1999
Stricken
28 October 1999
Identification
IMO number: 7738527
Honours and awards
National Defense Service Medal
Fate
transferred to the Navy of Turkey, 29 September 1999 as TCG Çeșme (A-599)
Turkey
Name
TCG Çeşme
Namesake
town of Çeşme
Commissioned
8 June 2000
Identification
IMO number: 7738527
Status
in active service
General characteristics [1]
Type
Silas Bent class survey ship
Tonnage
1,935 tons
Displacement
2,550 tons full load
Length
285 ft 3.5 in (87.0 m) LOA
261 ft 4 in (79.7 m) LBP
Beam
48 ft (14.6 m)
Draft
15 ft (4.6 m)
Depth
26 ft 6 in (8.1 m)
Propulsion
ALCO diesels, Allis-Chalmers electric drive, single shaft. SHP approx. 3000 + 350 SHP trainable and retractable, gas turbine powered, bow propulsion unit to assist station-keeping and ultra-quiet ship operations.[2]
Speed
15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Range
12,000 nmi (14,000 mi; 22,000 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement
12 officers, 32 crew
34 scientific party
Armament
None
USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26) was a Silas Bent class survey ship acquired by the United States Navy in 1964 and delivered to the Military Sealift Command in 1965. Silas Bent spent her career in the Pacific Ocean performing oceanographic surveys. The ship was equipped with the Oceanographic Data Acquisition System (ODAS) as were the later oceanographic survey ships USNS Kane (T-AGS-27) and USNS Wilkes (T-AGS-33).[3]
^"New Dream Ship for Scientists Makes a Big Splash at Launching". Sealift Magazine. Vol. 14, no. 8. Washington, D.C.: Military Sea Transportation Service. August 1964. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^Naval Oceanographic Office (11 February 1966). USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26) Introduction Brochure (hosted at NavSource) (Report). Washington, D.C.: Naval Oceanographic Office. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^Office of Science and Technology (April 1972). The Federal Ocean Program (Report). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 67–68. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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