First LCT Vessel Delivered to Turkish Navy

Eight vessels of Landing Craft Tank (LCT) project of ANADOLU (ADIK) Shipyard, which was awarded to the Shipyard back in December 2008 and which officially started after contract negotiations on July 28th 2009, took another important step on March 9th 2013, when the first LCT, namely TCG Ç-151, was delivered to Turkish Navy after 12 months of warranty period.

In Turkish Navy, within the projects run by SSM (Undersecretariat of Defense Industries), the vessels are first delivered to the Turkish Navy by the shipyard under the so called “Provisional Delivery”. Then Turkish Navy uses the vessel(s) for 12 months during which the shipyard provides full warranty for probable design, building and manufacturing defects.

If, at the end of 12 months, Turkish Navy is fully satisfied with the vessel and if all the warranty claims are closed, then the so called “Final Acceptance” of the vessel is realized.

ANADOLU Shipyard, which has achieved to complete the LCT projects’ first phase of Provisional Acceptances for 8 vessels in 37 months, as agreed in its contract with SSM (between July 28th 2009 and August 28th 2012), also now achieved to complete ON TIME the Final Acceptance of the first LCT.

At a meeting organized in SSM offices in Ankara, SSM LCT Project managers, officers from Turkish Navy and ANADOLU Shipyard managers led by Admiral (ret) Metin Poyrazlar, signed the Final Acceptance Protocol after reviewing the pending warranty claims.

The following three vessels (TCG Ç-152 or NB 224; TCG Ç-153 or NB 225; TCG Ç-154 or NB 226) will be in ANADOLU Shipyard for final acceptance work in March and April. It is expected that these vessels’ final acceptances will also be realized on time without any issue.

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Press Release, March 12, 2013