>USS Bataan docked in İzmir for the last liberty call before returning home. Here are some photos:Photos are taken from denizhaber.com.tr website.
>USS Bataan in İzmir
>USS Bataan will visit İzmir
>LHD-5 USS Bataan will visit İzmir between 16th and 19th of November. She was stationed in Persian Gulf and is returning back to USA. Apparently İzmir will be the only port of liberty on her way back home.The local businesses are exited about the prospect of receiving more than 20.000 2.000 hard drinking US Marines... Continue Reading →
>Republic Day 2009
>Yesterday was the 86th anniversary of the Turkish Republic.It is a custom of Turkish Navy to send a couple of warships to port cities and open them for public visiting. This year's list was published below.This year F-242 TCG Fatih and F-497 TCG Göksu were in Istanbul. Last year it was F-243 TCG Yıldırım and... Continue Reading →
>Open Ship Days
>Today and tomorrow, in order to celebrate the foundation of Turkish Republic, several Turkish Navy warships and submarines will be open for public visits.The ships and the cities they are in, is as follows:F-241...TCG Turgutreis...TrabzonS-358...TCG Çanakkale...SamsunF-247...TCG Kemalreis...İneboluF-240...TCG Yavuz...İzmitF-242...TCG Fatih...İstanbulF-497...TCG Göksu...İstanbulM-263...TCG Erdek...ErdekM-517...TCG Sapanca...ErdekF-502...TCG Bandırma...İzmirF-493...TCG Gelibolu...Marmaris F-253...TCG Zafer...Marmaris P-503...TCG Terme...MersinP-302...TCG Kuşadası...Mersin
>TCG Oruçreis in Portsmouth
>Royal Navy webiste reported that F-245 TCG Oruçreis was in Portsmouth. She took part in a electrionic warfare exercise along with D-646 FNS Latouche Treville, F-802 HNLMS De Zeven Provincien, F-101 SPS Alvaro De Bazan and F-312 HNOMS Otto Sverdrup.According to RN the exercise is aimed at enhancing NATO’s knowledge of ship and task force... Continue Reading →
>USS Porter in Bodrum
>On 28 August 2009 Friday, the US Navy destroyer DDG-78 USS Porter arrived in Bodrum for a liberty call. She will stay in Bodrum until 31 August 2009 Monday.Foreign warships usually go to Marmaris as there is a more protected harbor and a Turkish Navy base just around the cape.Is Bodrum replacing Marmaris as the... Continue Reading →
>Amerigo Vespucci in Istanbul
>Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci is visiting Istanbul currently. She will be leaving tomorrow.She has 90 cadets on board during for this years cruise.The lack of sail training ships in inventory of Turkish Navy is in my opinion one important ommission.There is no better way than sailing and challenging the elements, in order to develop... Continue Reading →
>SNMCMG-2 in Antalya
>The four ships of SNMCMG2 are making a visit in Antalya.F-585 ITS Granatiere, the flagship of SNMCMG-2; M-63 HS Kallisto, Greek minehunter,M-5558 ITS Crotone, Italian minehunter and M-268 TCG Akçakoca, Turkish minehunter are currently in Antalya for a well deserved port visit. SNMCMG-2 spend the previous 10 days off and in Suez Canal.The ships will... Continue Reading →
>USS Stout in Bodrum
>It seems that this week will be a busy one regarding visiting warships.US Navy destroyer DDG-55 USS Stout of US 6th Fleet, arrived in Bodrum today. She will stay in town till 19th June 2009.Foreign warships usually prefer touristic town of Marmaris as their port call, with Turkish naval base Aksaz in the neighbourhood.Therefore it... Continue Reading →
>Japanese Squadron in Istanbul
>Yesterday a small squadron of 3 Japanese warships have arrived in Istanbul.Japanese warships especially training ships, do visit Istanbul almost in every other year usually as a stop of their training cruise.This visit was no exception. Two of the visiting ships, TV-3513 JDS Shimayuki and TV-3508JDS Kashima are training ships. Kashima is a pure bread... Continue Reading →
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