Decommissioning and Dispositioning
USNS Silas Bent was deactivated in Singapore 28 October 1999, and transferred to the Republic of Turkey as TCG Çeșme (A-599). She was joined in 2001 by sister ship USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) renamed TGC Çandarli (A-588).
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