Turkish Ships / Türk Gemileri
American Ships/Amerikan Gemileri
S/S LETITIA LYKES, River Weser, approaching Bremen (Germany), in June 1968. Mr. Mueller-Debus had made this picture on her first visit to Bremen.
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Mr. Mueller-Debus from Germany has recently visited our site and sent us some historical pictures related to the content of this site. We thank him very much for taking his time and sharing with us these rare pictures which extend to a period of half a century. |
 Sideways launching of S/S Letitia Lykes in 1966. Quoting Mr. Mueller-Debuss : " The picture was published in the Lykes Lines fleet magazine "Lykes Fleet Flashes". Neither the magazine nor the steamship company itself exist anymore. "  The old S/S LETITIA LYKES (Blt. 1944), seen on the River Weser approaching the port of Bremen (Germany) in 8-64. S/S HOWELL LYKES
HOWELL LYKES (Blt. 1940), the C-3 vessel that collided with the Turkish passenger vessel M/V Izmir in 1957, Mr. Mueller-Debus remembers " that incident quite well - especially with regard to the "prudent reaction" of the US captain, which was specially mentioned in the international press coverage, because he left the bow of the Howell Lykes sticking in the Turkish vessel's side and then pushed the passenger vessel slowly to a shallow place where the ship finally settled - to successfully prevent her from sinking."
S/S LOUISE LYKES
S/S LOUISE LYKES (1965), a sister to the (new) Letitia Lykes, taken in the port of Yokohama (Japan) in
8-1975. S/S MASON LYKES
S/S MASON LYKES (1966), another sister of the Letitia Lykes, always by Mr. Mueller-Debus this time in the port of Busan (S. Korea) in 11-1980.
S/S STELLA LYKES
S/S STELLA LYKES at Galveston, TX in 10-84
TURKISH SHIPS
S/S BAKIR  Old postcard with no identifiable copyright.
S/S BAKIR /TCMD (Blt. 1921 - BU. 1963), in the port of Emden, Germany in 1956.  Old postcard with no identifiable copyright.
S/S BAKIR /TCMD, working cargo in Bremen (Germany), circa 1954. S/S CORUH
 S/S CORUH / TCRJ, (Blt. 1945), in River Weser, Nov., 1963. S/S SEYHAN
 S/S SEYHAN / TCWD, (Blt. 1950), leaves Bremen, Oct. 1967. S/S YELKENCI
 S/S YELKENCI / TCDM, (Blt. 1943), Former S/S EMPIRE CAMP, seen at Kiel, Nov., 1970.  S/S YELKENCI / TCDM, (Blt. 1943), Former S/S EMPIRE CAMP, seen at Kiel, Nov., 1970. M/V FETHIYE
 M/V FETHIYE / TCXQ, (Blt. 1957), seen at Bremen, July, 1976. M/V ISDEMIR
 M/V ISDEMIR / TCKW, (Blt. 1976), pictured at Bremerhaven, May, 1977. Mr.Mueller-Debus writes that this particular trip of Isdemir had " caused quite a bit of press coverage back in 1977, as the vessel took on the biggest bulk cargo of fertilizers that had -up to then- ever been shipped from Bremen or Bremerhaven since the end of WW II. ". Isdemir was BU at Alang on 4.6.2003, according to Miramar SI. M/V PASABAHCE
 M/V PASABAHCE / TC5444, (blt. 1952), in the port of Istanbul, Turkey . This excellent picture was taken by Mr. Mueller-Debus, during a visit to Istanbul in Nov., 2004.  Mr. Mueller-Debus has been continuing to treat us with the rare pictures of his collection. Albums in next two pages are devoted to his photographs of historical Turkish and American ships. We thank him very much for his precious contributions. Please click :
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