List of amphibious warfare vessels of the Turkish Navy explained

This is a list of Turkish Navy amphibious warfare vessels that have served past and present, from 10 July 1920^[1] to present.

Tank landing ships

Bayraktar class tank landing ship (Ex-Bundesmarine of West Germany, Ex- US Navy :

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
		Ex-FGS Bottrop (N-121), Ex-USS Saline County (LST-1101)^[2]	13 December 1972
		Ex-FGS Bochum (N-120), Ex-USS Rice County (LST-1089)	12 December 1972

Ertuğrul class tank landing ship (Ex- US Navy Terrebonne Parish class tank landing ship):

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
^[3]		Ex-	4 June 1973	Extant in 2017
		Ex-	27 August 1974	Extant in 2010

Sarucabey class tank landing ship

Name	Builder	Launched	Acquired	Fate
	Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul	30 July 1981	26 July 1984	Extant in 2010
	Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul	26 July 1984	26 July 1985	Extant in 2010

Osmangazi class tank landing ship

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
	Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul		27 July 1994	Extant in 2010
	Taşkızak Naval Shipyard, Istanbul		October 1994

Ex-British LCT Mk IV type:^[2]

Ç-107 - Ç-138^[2]

Ex-US LCU-501 class^[2]

Ç-205 - Ç-216^[2]

Ç-139 class^[2] - (currently categorized by the Turkish Navy as Ç-117 class)

Cevat Ülkekul, "Kurtuluş Savaşı'nda Türk Denizcileri ve Cumhuriyet Bahriyesinin Kuruluşu", Piri Reis Symposium, Office of Navigation of Hydrography and Oceanography.
Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995,, p. 474.
Robert Gardiner, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, 2nd Revised edition, Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995,, p. 479.