G.GYSSELS SHIPCOLLECTION: juli 2018

maandag 30 juli 2018

HDMS GRONSUND M 574 ex MSC 256 ex AMS 256

M 574 GRONSUND Brugge 16 06 1989 G.GYSSELS

M 574 GRONSUND
FLAG : DENMARK
TYPE : ADJUTANT - CLASS MINESWEEPER / SUND - CLASS
LAID DOWN : 24 January 1955
LAUNCHED : 12 August 1955
COMPLETED : 16 September 1956 ( US NAVY )
COMMISSIONED : 21 September 1956 ( DANISH NAVY )
DECOMMISSIONED : 1999

Originally AMS 256, reclassified as MSC 256 on 7 February 1955 by the US NAVY.

M 574 GRONSUND Antwerpen G.GYSSELS

M 574 GRONSUND Gent 29 05 1990 G.GYSSELS

TIGER

TIGER 19 04 2018 a G.GYSSELS

TIGER : SPLIT HOPPER BARGE
IMO : 9591416
FLAG : LUXEMBOURG
IN SERVICE : 2012

TIGER 19 04 2018 b G.GYSSELS

TIGER 07 04 2018 G.GYSSELS

TIGER 16 05 2017 G.GYSSELS

TIGER 30 03 2018 a G.GYSSELS

TIGER 30 03 2018 b G.GYSSELS

TIGER Zeebrugge 14 03 2015 G.GYSSELS

vrijdag 27 juli 2018

USS LYNDE McCORMICK DDG 8

DDG 8 LYNDE McCORMICK San Diego 28 06 1987 ( Original b & w negative in collection )

DDG 8 LYNDE McCORMICK
FLAG : U.S.A
TYPE : CHARLES F.ADAMS - CLASS GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER ( DDG )
LAID DOWN : 04 April 1958
LAUNCHED : 28 July 1959
COMMISSIONED : 03 June 1961
DECOMMISSIONED : 01 October 1991

Decommissioned the first of october 1991 she was stricken 20 november 1992 from the Naval Register. Sold on 20 June 1994 to Consolidated Minerals for conversion into a power barge. As the conversion programme have been cancelled she returned to Navy control from 23 March 1999.
Finally she was sunk, used as a target ship, on February 24 2001.

woensdag 25 juli 2018

ITS MIRTO A 5306 ex M 5539

A 5306 MIRTO Toulon 09 1982 ( Original b & w negative in collection )

A 5306 MIRTO
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : ADJUTANT - CLASS MINESWEEPER
LAID DOWN : 1952
LAUNCHED : 02 November 1954
COMMISSIONED : 05 August 1956
DECOMMISSIONED : 2000

The M 5539 MIRTO was converted to a Hydrographic / Survey vessel at LA SPEZIA and recommissioned as A 5306 MIRTO in 1975.
She was decommissioned end 2000 and scrapped at Aliaga TURKEY in 2008

A 5306 MIRTO Toulon 09 1982 ( Original b & w negative in collection )

STOLT RAZORBILL : CHEMICAL and OIL PRODUCTS TANKER

STOLT RAZORBILL Terneuzen 19 03 2018 G.GYSSELS

STOLT RAZORBILL : CHEMICAL / OIL PRODUCTS TANKER
IMO : 9016870
FLAG : U.K.
IN SERVICE : 1995

PREVIOUS NAME :
MULTITANK IBERIA : ( 1995 - 2007 )

STOLT RAZORBILL Terneuzen 19 03 2018 b G.GYSSELS

STOLT RAZORBILL Terneuzen 19 03 2018 c G.GYSSELS

MEDALTA ADVENTURER

MEDALTA ADVENTURER 19 03 2018 a G.GYSSELS

MEDALTA ADVENTURER : CHEMICAL / OIL PRODUCTS TANKER
IMO : 9761451
FLAG : CAYMAN ISLANDS
IN SERVICE : 2015

MEDALTA ADVENTURER 19 03 2018 b G.GYSSELS

MEDALTA ADVENTURER 19 03 2018 c G.GYSSELS

donderdag 19 juli 2018

ITS CAIO DUILIO C 554

C 554 CAIO DUILIO 04 08 1986 ( Original b & w negative in collection )

C 554 CAIO DUILIO
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : ANDREA DORIA - CLASS CRUISER
LAID DOWN : 16 May 1958
LAUNCHED : 22 December 1962
COMMISSIONED : 30 October 1964
DECOMMISSIONED : 15 December 1989

The C 554 CAIO DUILIO was in 1979 - 1980 converted to a training cruiser. Decommissioned on 15 December 1989 and stricken from the Naval register on 19 July 1991.
Sold for scrap 31 December 1992.

C 554 CAIO DUILIO 05 08 1986 ( Original b & w negative in collection )

C 554 CAIO DUILIO La Spezia 29 12 1992 ( Original b & w negative in collection )

L ' HERMIONE

L ' HERMIONE Toulon 05 04 2018 a G.GYSSELS

L ' HERMIONE
IMO : Unavailable
FLAG : FRANCE
LAID DOWN : 1997
LAUNCHED : 06 July 2012
IN SERVICE : 2014

She is a reproduction of the 1779 L'HERMIONE a 32 - gun CONCORDE - class frigate fitted for
12 - pounder guns.

L ' HERMIONE and the A 652 MUTIN Toulon 05 04 2018 b G.GYSSELS

L ' HERMIONE Toulon 05 04 2018 c G.GYSSELS

L ' HERMIONE Toulon 05 04 2018 d G.GYSSELS

L ' HERMIONE Toulon 09 04 2018 a G.GYSSELS

L ' HERMIONE Toulon 09 04 2018 b G.GYSSELS

maandag 16 juli 2018

USS LING IXSS 297 ex AGSS 297 ex SS 297

SS 297 LING Hackensack 1973 ( Original b & w negative in collection )

SS 297 LING
FLAG : U.S.A.
TYPE : BALAO - CLASS SUBMARINE
LAID DOWN : 02 November 1942
LAUNCHED : 15 August 1943
COMMISSIONED : 08 June 1945
DECOMMISSIONED : 26 October 1946

When decommissioned 26 October 1946 she was laid up at the Atlantic Reserve Fleet till March 1960 when she was towed to Brooklyn NY where she was assigned to the Naval Reserve Training.
Reclassified as a Auxiliary Submarine AGSS 297 in 1962.
Reclassified as a Miscellaneous Unclassified Submarine IXSS 297 on the first of december 1971 and struck from the Naval Register.
Placed as a memorial at Hackensack NY on 28 June 1972. The NY Naval Museum subsequently closed in 2015.

SS 297 LING Hackensack 1973 b ( Original b & w negative in collection )

SS 297 LING Hackensack 1973 c ( Original b & w negative in collection )

SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER

SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER Toulon 10 04 2018 a G.GYSSELS

SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER
IMO : 9703150
FLAG : BAHAMAS
IN SERVICE : 2016

SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER Toulon 10 04 2018 b G.GYSSELS

SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER Toulon 10 04 2018 c MARINA GYSSELS

SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER Toulon 10 04 2018 d MARINA GYSSELS

SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER Toulon 10 04 2018 e MARINA GYSSELS

SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER Toulon 10 04 2018 f MARINA GYSSELS

vrijdag 13 juli 2018

ITS FANTE D 561

D 561 FANTE Malta ????? ( Original b & w negative in collection )

D 561 FANTE
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : FLETCHER - CLASS DESTROYER
LAID DOWN : 31 August 1942 ( as USS DD 517 )
LAUNCHED : 31 January 1943 ( as USS DD 517 )
COMMISSIONED : 03 April 1943 ( as USS DD 517 )
DECOMMISSIONED : 1977 ( as ITS FANTE D 561 )

PREVIOUS NAME :
USS WALKER DD 517

The USS WALKER was decommissioned on 2 July 1969 and stricken from the Naval Register for the transfer to ITALY. She was recommissioned as the ITS FANTE D 561.
Decommissioned in 1977 and broken up for scrap.