Name: TCG Gazal (A-587)
ex- Name: USS Sioux
Builder: United Engineering Co., San Francisco, California
Laid down: 14 February 1942
Launched: 27 May 1942
Commissioned: 6 December 1942
Decommissioned: 23. Apr 47
Recommissioned: 15 October 1952
Decommissioned: 15. Aug 73
Fate: Transferred to Turkey, 15 August 1973
Identification: Code letters TBEW[1] (1973– )
Class & type: Navajo-class fleet tug
Displacement: 1,500 long tons (1,524 t)
Length: 205 ft (62 m)
Beam: 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draft: 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 80
Armament: 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun