zaterdag 4 augustus 2018

NDURANCE

NDURANCE   Kiel   15 06 2018 a                            G.GYSSELS

NDURANCE  :  CABLE LAYER
IMO : 9632466
FLAG : CYPRUS
IN SERVICE : 2013
NDURANCE   Kiel   15 06 2018 b                            G.GYSSELS

NDURANCE   Kiel   15 06 2018 c                           G.GYSSELS

NDURANCE   Kiel   15 06 2018 d                             G.GYSSELS





woensdag 1 augustus 2018

USS CHICAGO CG 11 ex CA 136


CG 11   CHICAGO   Sydney   11 1979 a                            ( Original  b & w negative in collection )

CG 11   CHICAGO
FLAG : U.S.A.
TYPE : BALTIMORE - CLASS HEAVY CRUISER
LAID DOWN : 28 July 1943
LAUNCHED  : 20 August 1944
COMMISSIONED : 10 January 1945
DECOMMISSIONED : 01 March 1980

The USS CHICAGO CA 136 was decommissioned 06 June 1947 and put in reserve at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. On 01 November 1958 she was reclassified as USS CHICAGO CG 11 ( Guided missile cruiser ) and towed to the San Francisco Naval Shipyard to begin a 5 year conversion.
Recommissioned on 02 May 1964 as CG 11 CHICAGO. Decommissioned on 01 March 1980 and put in reserve at the Inactive ship Facility at Bremerton, Washington. The ship was stricken from the Naval Register on 31 January 1983.
On 9 December 1991 she was sold for scrap to Southwest Recycling Inc Terminal Island California.
CG 11   CHICAGO   Sydney   11 1979 b                            ( Original  b & w negative in collection )


  

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


HAPPY BUCCANEER : General Cargo Ship

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