Home /Ana sayfa History / Tarih Turkish Ships / Türk Gemileri S/S Mustafa S/S Sadıklar S/S Necip İpar American Ships/Amerikan Gemileri S/S Mormacmail S/S Cortland S/S Columbia S/T J. E. Dyer S/S Platte C/V Export Patriot S/S Overseas Traveller C/V Red Jacket S/S Marjorie Lykes S/S Jean Lykes S/S Mayo Lykes GTS Adm. WM. M. Callaghan USNS Comet S/S Letitia Lykes More Ship Photos / Diğer Gemi Fotoları Updates / Güncellemeler Links / Bağlantılar Author's Album /Yazarın Albümü Old Turkish Ships / Eski Türk Gemileri Istanbul Transits Slide Show / Boğaz geçişleri Slayt Gösterisi	M/V General R. Gumuspala at Brooklyn N.Y., June 1970. Built in 1969 at Stocznia Gdanska im. Lenina, Poland. Grt/Net/Dwt : 10.217/5.681/12.280 L/B/D : 154.6/20.6/9 m. Engine: Sulzer Diesel, 9600 hp. Speed : 17.6 knots. Arrived Alang : 15.8.00 Sister ships : M/V General A. F. Cebesoy, M/V General K. Orbay, M/V General Z. Dogan.
	Erdem Yurtseven, visiting the ship on her first trips to NY, is seen by the funnel on the fly bridge, June 1970.
	In the radio room of Gumuspala, located at the port side behind the navigation bridge. The initial call sign TCBH-2 seen on the antenna switch would soon be changed to TCCB which would stay until the end of her service life. Below are two messages sent from this radio room many years later in 1992. Every day starting from 20.00 Gmt, all Turkish Cargo Lines ships sent their position messages ( QTH ) to headquarters in Istanbul via company's private coast station TCR. For radio amateurs these were the hours and 8425 Kc/s was the frequency to spot the ships around the world. MSG NR 1 CK 6 12/4/1992 19.30 GMT = DB CARGO TICARET = ETA VIRGINIA PILOT 171000 GMT = KPT + MSG NR 2 CK 19 12/4/1992 20.00 GMT = DB CARGO = 20.00UTC 30.00N 047.57W 270/15 NE 5/5 FO 331/319 DO 83/67 300/16.9 312/6.4 570/13.9 FW/285 RAK/6.5 RPM/95 ARZ = KPT+
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