TURKISH NAVY -- STATUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A000200040012-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2001
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 1, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

Enclosures (C)
Approved For Release 2001/08/28 : CIA-RDP78-01617A000200040012-9
CONFIDENTIAL
TURKISH NAVY -- STATUS
1. The Turkish Navy continues to undergo than;e due to
the ship acquisitions,frori the United :Mates under
the Aid to Turkey program. Personnel are being
allocated to man these shi ps and submarines, and
due to the necessity of establishinL, training pro-
grams, it is difficult to assess present effective-
ness frorf the fleet standpoint. the to the above
factors, it is not possible to accurately firseas
the Turkish Navy at this particular time, in the
manner that is followed in the case of Western
European navies.
2. The material condition and status of ships In the
Turkish Navy as of September 1948 is as follows:
liumber Remarks
033 1 Of lIMIted usefulness due
to age and obsolescence;
OCL
ODD 4
Obsolete and worn out.
Used as school sod. res.
Listed for Statistical
purposes only.
British built. 1941-42
Italian built - 1932 Poor
materiaa. condition
4 recently transferred U.$
units: 5 (xorman design
built pre-World War II on!
pre-war design.
Of united use - laid up
out units.
Does not include three wot' i
Shorta;e of spare parts.
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