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USNS ''Powhatan'' (T-ATF-166) was a United States Navy in service from 1979 to 1999. ''Powhatan'' was laid down on 30 September 1976 by the Marinette Marine Corporation at Marinette, Wisconsin. Launched on 24 June 1978, and delivered to the U.S. Navy on 15 June 1979, ''Powhatan'' was assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), and placed in non-commissioned service as USNS ''Powhatan'' (T-ATF-166) in 1979. ''Powhatan'' was taken out of service on 26 February 1999 and leased to Donjon Marine Company, Inc., of Hillside, New Jersey, for commercial service, subject to recall by the Navy. ==Turkish Navy== Upon completion of the lease, ''Powhatan'' was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 25 February 2008 and sold to Turkey on 26 February 2008 through the Security Assistance Program. Due to her poor condition upon termination of the lease, she underwent a refit which included complete rebuilding of all engines and generators at Charleston, South Carolina. During the refit, the ex-''Powhatan'' was commissioned into the Turkish Navy as TCG ''Inebolu'' (A-590). ''Inebolu'' was involved in the search and rescue operations for the downed Turkish F-4 reconnaissance jet in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The aircraft was shot down by Syrian Armed Forces in international airspace on 22 June 2012 killing two pilots. ''Inebolu'' joined the research vessel EV ''Nautilus'', and was tasked with the salvage operation for the aircraft's wreckage from the deep seabed after the bodies of the pilots were brought up to the surface.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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