:USS PC-1640
{{short description|Patrol boat of the US Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:Yarhisar müze gemisi (2) 01.jpg |Ship caption=TCG Yarhisar on 25 May 2007 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= United States | Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|United States}} | Ship name= PC-1640 | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corp., Portland | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= 11 March 1963 | Ship launched= 14 May 1964 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 27 August 1964 | Ship decommissioned= 18 July 1965 | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate= Transferred to Turkish Navy, 18 July 1965 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= title | Ship country= Turkey | Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|Turkey|naval}} | Ship name= Yarhisar | Ship acquired= 18 July 1965 | Ship commissioned= 18 July 1965 | Ship decommissioned= 2005 | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship identification=*Callsign: TBLO
| Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate= | Ship status= Museum ship at Yarhisar Naval Museum, Turkey | Ship notes= | Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header = |Header caption = |Ship class = *PC-1638-class submarine chaser |Ship displacement = 295 tons (full load) |Ship length = {{convert|175|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam = {{convert|23|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draught = |Ship draft = {{convert|10|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion =*2 x 2,400hp ALCO 169X 10AT diesel engines
|Ship speed = {{convert|20|kn|km/h|0}} |Ship range = |Ship complement = 59 |Ship sensors = |Ship EW = |Ship armament =*1 x Mk 15 ASW Hedgehog mortar
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USS PC-1640 was an {{sclass|PC-1638|submarine chaser}} in the United States Navy during the Cold War. She was transferred to the Turkish Navy as TCG Yarhisar (P 113) of the Hisar-class patrol boat.
Construction and commissioning
PC-1640 was laid down on 11 March 1963 at Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corps., Portland, Oregon. Launched on 14 May 1964 and commissioned on 27 August 1964.
On 18 July 1965, she was transferred to the Turkish Navy in San Diego and renamed TCG Yarhisar (P 113).
She was decommissioned in 2005.{{Cite web|title=PC-1640|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/011640.htm|access-date=2021-04-27|website=www.navsource.org}}
In 2006, beginning to serve as a museum ship, Turkey's first and only land placed warship museum title. The museum ship is open to visitors today on the coast of Gölcük district of Kocaeli.{{Cite web|title=GÖLCÜK BELEDİYESİ YARHİSAR MÜZE GEMİSİ-KAVAKLI GÖLCÜK|url=http://www.kulturportali.gov.tr/turkiye/kocaeli/gezilecekyer/golcuk-belediyesi-yarhisar-muze-gemisi-kavakli-golcuk|access-date=2021-04-27|website=Kültür Portalı}}{{Cite web|title=Yarhisar 12. Yıl kutlamasına hazırlanıyor|url=https://www.golcukgundem.com/haber/1723997/yarhisar-12-yil-kutlamasina-hazirlaniyor|access-date=2021-04-27|website=Gölcük Gündem|language=tr}}
Gallery
File:Yarhisar.JPG
File:Yarhisar 3.JPG
File:Yarhisar 2.JPG
File:Yarhisar 4.JPG
File:Yarhisar müze gemisi (2) 02.jpg
File:Yarhisargemi.jpg
File:TCGYARHİSAR.jpg
File:Yarhisarmuze.jpg
Further reading
- [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/011640.htm Navsource.org]