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TCG Hızırreis

list of ships with the same or similar names

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ86751002 ↗
Source-derived summary

TCG Hızırreis or TCG Hızır Reis is the name of the following submarines of the Turkish Navy, named for Hızır Reis:

TCG Hızırreis (S 344), ex-USS Mero (SS-378), transferred on loan under the Military Assistance Program to Turkey on 20 April 1960. Sold outright to Turkey, 1 August 1973. Disposed of in 1980.

TCG Hızırreis (S 342), ex-USS Gudgeon (SS-567), leased to Turkey on 21 March 1980, sold on 6 August 1987, and decommissioned in 31 January 2004.

TCG Hızır Reis (S 331), a Reis-class submarine commissioned in 2025.

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The public source identifies “TCG Hızırreis” as list of ships with the same or similar names. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hızırreis, list and ships.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960, 1973, 1980, 1987—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hızırreis, list and ships providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “TCG Hızırreis”, the useful work is to connect “list of ships with the same or similar names” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q86751002. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1960, 1973, 1980 and 1987.

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This entry incorporates text from “TCG Hızırreis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.