The first Dutch navy salvage vessel built in 1909-1945

Computer line drawing by Alexander van Maanen

In 1909 decided the Dutch government to built a salvage vessel for the submarine service. In the years following similar vessels were built for other navies like for instance the Brazilian Ceara, the Italian Anteo and the Spanish Kangeru.(1) The vessel served the first years mainly at Flushing where at the yard of De Schelde since 1904 submarines were built for the Dutch Navy.

Photo published in the Dutch magazine De Prins dated 1911 page 45.

Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 11 October 1909. At this moment was the building of a salvage vessel for the submarine service projected. The projected vessel was a heavy built lighter to be used for salvaging submarines and as a salvage vessel in general. (2)

Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 25 October 1912. The salvage vessel which was anchored in the inner harbour departed for the outer harbour when the trials with the submerged torpedo boat started and anchored near a boat of the Zeeland.

Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 2 November 1912. Yesterday morning arrived the Hr.Ms. schooner Zeehond captain lieutenant H.S. Suermondt with the order to tow the salvage vessel back to the Nieuwediep. The departure was tomorrow morning.

Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 28 January 1914. The salvage vessel was towed to the outer harbour to be able to support immediately during the trials of the submarine.

Local Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated Saturday 31 January 1914. The submarine no. 5 sunk Friday 17.30 o’clock caused by a malfunction of a valve in the torpedo tube. The salvage vessel was immediately towed to the location trying to salvage the submarine. Around 03.00 o’clock in the next morning was the submarine partly cleared and the body found of the missing bench hand assembler Kramer. The submarine was pumped and the salvage vessel around 12.00 towed back to the harbour.

Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 9 April 1914. This morning departed she from the inner harbour to Borssele to support if necessary during the trials of the submarine IV.

Local Dutch newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated Wednesday 3 April 1918. Saturday 30 March hit the Dutch torpedo boat Hr. Ms. G 11 a mine during patrolling, grounded and disappeared below the surface. The salvage vessel of the navy returned and probably a private company would try to salvage the torpedo boat.(3)

Photo published in the Dutch magazine De Prins dated 17 June 1916 shows her involved in lifting the sunken minelayer De Schelde at Den Helder.

According to Vermeulen was she built for lifting submarines and to be used as a salvage vessel and ordered for the budget year 1910. According to him she was built at the yard of P. Smit at Rotterdam. Dimensions were 37,75 x 10,00 x 4,20meter with a displacement of 515 tons and a lifting capacity of 110 ton. She was handed over to the navy in autumn 1911. Later she was sold to the De Schelde yard at Flushing.(4)

Goudappel wrote that she was a tug with the yard building number 219 with the dimensions 32,00 x 10,00 x 4,20 meter. The Dutch magazine De Prins dated 17 July 1911 mentioned a lifting capacity of 185.000 kilo.

The fact that she was sold to the yard De Schelde was confirmed on the website www.reuniepag.com. However this same website supplies more information dealing with this ship. She was decommissioned in 1934 and since used as an oil hulk and captured by the Germans in 1940. After the war she was found back at Den Helder and then sold to the De Schelde where she became the salvage vessel Sperwer. In 1968 finally sold to be broken up. The technical details this site gave as keel laid down 22 April 1911 and launched the same year with the dimensions 37,75 x 10,5 x 2,8 meters and a displacement of 515 tons.

Notes
1. See on this weblog the notes dealing with the Italian submarine salvage ship Anteo 1912-1954”, the Brazilian submarine depot ship and salvage vessel Ceará 1915-1946” and the Spanish salvage vessel Kangeru built by the yard Conrad at Haarlem, Netherlands”.
2. The newspaper Het nieuws van den dag: kleine courant daily edition dated 8 October 1909 supplied similar details. The newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad morning edition dated 2 November 1909 added that it was to be a heavily built lighter with a steam boiler, a dynamo, a centrifugal pump and cranes and winches with a lifting capacity of 100 tons. She was continuously available to be towed to a location where she was needed. In advance she was projected to have own engines but the building costs would have been more as doubled.
3. The private salvage company Bergings Maatschappij Dirkzager of Maassluis refloated her and brought her in to the harbour of Terschelling.
4. A.J. Vermeulen. Schepen van de Koninklijke Marine en die der gouvernementsmarine 1814-1962.
5. J.A. Goudappel. Machinefabriek en Scheepswerf P. Smit Jr. Rotterdam

Dutch torpedo boat Hr.Ms. G 13 1912-1940

 Gemeentearchief Vlissingen

Her building at the shipyard of the Kon.Mij. De Schelde at Flushing for the Royal Netherlands Navy with building number 151 was ordered on 20 april 1912, keel laid down on 8 March 1913 between the submarine wharehouses on the north bank, boiler placed on 2 August, launched on 18 October, trials while berthed on 17 December, technical trials on 13 and 20 January 1914, official trial of Den Helder on 20 January, transferred on 11 March and departed on her maiden voyage on the 14th towards Den Helder. Built within 22,5 months. Contracted building costs ƒ 260.000, costs completely fitted out when she was for the first time commissioned amounted ƒ 334.561. Escaped on 17 May 1940 towards England, where she was later that year handed over to the British Admiralty and afterwards broken up.

Fitted out with a triple 3 cylinder expansion engine which supplied 2.750 (projected) ihp-3.021 (during trial with a displacement of 165 tons) allowing a speed of 26,2 knots. One screw and 2 Yarrow water tube boilers). Fuel bunker capacity 44 cubic metres or 42 ton coal. Range with a speed of 10 knots 1,300 nautical miles or 8 hours full speed. Weight hull 67,5 ton, weight armament 11,8 ton and equipment, crew and stores  22 ton. The armament consisted of 2-7,5cm guns, 3-45cm torpedo guns. Two masts. Her crew numbered 27 men. Displacement 180 tons and as dimensions 49,5 x 5,20 x 1,41 and as hold of 290 metres or 162’4” x 16’11” x 4’6” and 9’6”.

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Order administration shipyard Kon.Mij. De Schelde (Municipality Archive Flushing).

Availability of accommodation and entertainment for sailors at Horta, Azores according to the commanding officer of the Dutch submarine Hr.Ms O 16 in 1937

The Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. O16 (1) commanded by lieutenant 1^st class C.J.W. van Waning cruised in the Mediterranean between 11 January-25 March 1937 followed by visiting the USA and Portugal returning at Den Helder on 6 April.

On 19 January was Terceira sighted and on Wednesday 20^th 08.30 o’clock the Fayal canal between Picoa and Fayal entered. At 09:00 o’clock came the pilot on board and was berthed in the harbour of Horta where she stayed until Monday 25^th January 07:00 o‘clock when she departed for Bermuda.

An item reported that although not expected it was able to get at Horta a simple but clean accommodation on land for all the crew members which were not on watch duty (around 5 offices, 5 petty officers and 18 corporals and sailors. The Fayal Hotel possessed an annexe (a not used old people‘s home). The costs were around ƒ 1,40 for officers (accommodate in the hotel?) and for the rest of the crew members ƒ 1,10 in the annexe. For the crew was not much too in and around Horta. To compensate this was an auto bus tour around the island arranged, costs 375 escudo’s or 34 Dutch guilders.

Note

1. Designed by navy engineer ir. G. de Rooy who also was supervisor during the building. Tender dated 1 April 1933, ordered on 12 April 1933, to be delivered on or for 1 November 1935, contract signed on 18/24 April 1935, steel ordered on 12 June 1933, steel arrived on 6 September 1933, administration started on 30 November 1933, laid down by the Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands with yard number 200 between the North and South slips between 28 December 1933-4 January 1934, with the support of locomotive lying with a weight of 545,5 ton of 8 lorries in 8 hours replaced towards the South slip on 7 December 1935, in the thrushes on 2 January 1935, plating fitted on 29 March 1935, launched by Mrs. H.M. ’t Hooft-Plaisir on 27 January 1936, docked between 4/10 March, 22-25 May and 25 August-28 September 1936, trial while berthed on 2 March 1936, technical trials between 12 March-28 May 1936, torpedo launching tests at Den Helder, between 21 April-8 May 1936, official trial on 28 May 1936, full speed trial on 12 October 1936, diving tests on 80 metres depth on 26 November 1936, delivered on 26 October 1936, contracted price ƒ 1.405.600,00, building costs ƒ 1.572.309,07 and costs when for the first time commissioned ƒ 2.672.553, commissioned on 26 October 1936, departed towards Den Helder op 29 October 1936 lost on 15 December 1941 in the South China Sea when she strike a Japanese mine.

Displacement 892 (standard)-948,994 (surfaced)-1.170,216 (submerged) tons and as dimensions 76,525 (between perpendiculars)-77,525 (over all) x 6,30 (outside thrush)-6,55 (wale) x 5,786 (depth) x 3,964 (trimmed)-3,91 meter. Her crew numbered 36 men. The armament consisted of 8-53cm torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern, 2 in the superstructure which could horizontal be turned, 14 torpedoes, 1-8,8cm gun and 2-4cm No. 2 machine guns. Fitted with an anti mine device. Propulsion consisted of 2-1.699 hp 8 cylinder 4 stroke MAN engines from Wilton-Fijenoord and 2-325 ahp main electric engines with 2x96 cells batteries. Speed achieved on 26 May 1936 18,75 (surfaced)-9,3 (submerged) miles with contracted speed of 17-9 miles. Diving depth 80 metres.

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Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937.

The availability of vegetables and meat at Horta, Azores according to the commanding officer of the Dutch submarine Hr.Ms O 16 in 1937

The Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. O16 commanded by lieutenant 1st class C.J.W. van Waning cruised in the Mediterranean between 11 January-25 March 1937 followed by visiting the USA and Portugal returning at Den Helder on 6 April.(1)

On 19 January was Terceira sighted and on Wednesday 20th 08.30 o’clock the Fayal canal between Picoa and Fayal entered. At 09:00 o’clock came the pilot on board and was berthed in the harbour of Horta where she stayed until Monday 25th January 07:00 o‘clock when she departed for Bermuda.

An item reported that at Horta it was no problem to get beef, pork and potatoes in sufficient quantities of good qualities against moderate prices. The yeast however was of worse quality and the advice was to load as much as possible in the Netherlands before departure. Despite during the winter there was not much variation in available vegetables succeeded the commanding officer in obtaining 100 kilo fresh vegetables enough for about 5 days. Drinking and washing water was no problem. The storage for diesel oil suitable to be used by submarines was just 4 tons. But when around a month before arrival was asked every desired quantity could be stored.


Note
1. Designed by navy engineer ir. G. de Rooy who also was supervisor during the building. Tender dated 1 April 1933, ordered on 12 April 1933, to be delivered on or for 1 November 1935, contract signed on 18/24 April 1935, steel ordered on 12 June 1933, steel arrived on 6 September 1933, administration started on 30 November 1933, laid down by the Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands with yard number 200 between the North and South slips between 28 December 1933-4 January 1934m with the support of locomotive lying with a weight of 545,5 ton of 8 lorries in 8 hours replaced towards the South slip on 7 December 1935, in the trushes on 2 January 1935, plating fitted on 29 March 1935, launched by Mrs. H.M. ’t Hooft-Plaisir on 27 January 1936, docked between 4/10 March, 22-25 May and 25 August-28 September 1936, trial while berthed on 2 March 1936, technical trials between 12 March-28 May 1936, torpedo launching tests at Den Helder, between 21 April-8 May 1936, official trial on 28 May 1936, full speed trial on 12 October 1936, diving tests on 80 metres depth on 26 November 1936, delivered on 26 October 1936, contracted price ƒ 1.405.600,00, building costs ƒ 1.572.309,07 and costs when for the first time commissioned ƒ 2.672.553, commissioned on 26 October 1936, departed towards Den Helder op 29 October 1936 lost on 15 December 1941 in the South China Sea when she strike a Japanese mine.

Displacement 892 (standard)-948,994 (surfaced)-1.170,216 (submerged) tons and as dimensions 76,525 (between perpendiculars)-77,525 (over al) x 6,30 (outside thrush)-6,55 (wale) x 5,786 (depth) x 3,964 (trimmed)-3,91 meter. Her crew numbered 36 men. The armament consisted of 8-53cn torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern, 2 in the superstructure which could horizontal be turned, 14 torpedoes, 1-8,8cm gun and 2-4cm No. 2 machineguns. Fitted with an anti mine device. Propulsion consisted of 2-1.699 hp 8 cylinder 4 stroke MAN engines from Wilton-Fijenoord and 2-325 ahp main electric engines with 2x96 cells batteries. Speed achieved on 26 May 1936 18,75 (surfaced)-9,3 (submerged) miles with contracted speed of 17-9 miles. Diving depth 80 metres.

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Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937. 

Weather broadcasting at Horta, Azores according to the commanding officer of the Dutch submarine Hr.Ms O 16 in 1937

The Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. O16 commanded by lieutenant 1st class C.J.W. van Waning cruised in the Mediterranean between 11 January-25 March 1937 followed by visiting the USA and Portugal returning at Den Helder on 6 April.(1)

On 19 January was Terceira sighted and on Wednesday 20th 08.30 o’clock the Fayal canal between Picoa and Fayal entered. At 09:00 o’clock came the pilot on board and was berthed in the harbour of Horta where she stayed until Monday 25th January 07:00 o‘clock when she departed for Bermuda.

An item reported that the Meteorological Naval Station at Horta daily prepared excellent weather maps which via the port captain together with comprehensive weather forecasts were pleasure were supplied. Weather forecasts were also broadcasted but lacking to the weak long wave station not to be received over a distance as 600 miles. Further more was the distribution of the zones just available on the maps.

Note
1. Designed by navy engineer ir. G. de Rooy who also was supervisor during the building. Tender dated 1 April 1933, ordered on 12 April 1933, to be delivered on or for 1 November 1935, contract signed on 18/24 April 1935, steel ordered on 12 June 1933, steel arrived on 6 September 1933, administration started on 30 November 1933, laid down by the Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands with yard number 200 between the North and South slips between 28 December 1933-4 January 1934m with the support of locomotive lying with a weight of 545,5 ton of 8 lorries in 8 hours replaced towards the South slip on 7 December 1935, in the thrushes on 2 January 1935, plating fitted on 29 March 1935, launched by Mrs. H.M. ’t Hooft-Plaisir on 27 January 1936, docked between 4/10 March, 22-25 May and 25 August-28 September 1936, trial while berthed on 2 March 1936, technical trials between 12 March-28 May 1936, torpedo launching tests at Den Helder, between 21 April-8 May 1936, official trial on 28 May 1936, full speed trial on 12 October 1936, diving tests on 80 metres depth on 26 November 1936, delivered on 26 October 1936, contracted price ƒ 1.405.600,00, building costs ƒ 1.572.309,07 and costs when for the first time commissioned ƒ 2.672.553, commissioned on 26 October 1936, departed towards Den Helder op 29 October 1936 lost on 15 December 1941 in the South China Sea when she strike a Japanese mine.
Displacement 892 (standard)-948,994 (surfaced)-1.170,216 (submerged) tons and as dimensions 76,525 (between perpendiculars)-77,525 (over al) x 6,30 (outside thrush)-6,55 (wale) x 5,786 (depth) x 3,964 (trimmed)-3,91 meter. Her crew numbered 36 men. The armament consisted of 8-53cn torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern, 2 in the superstructure which could horizontal be turned, 14 torpedoes, 1-8,8cm gun and 2-4cm No. 2 machineguns. Fitted with an anti mine device. Propulsion consisted of 2-1.699 hp 8 cylinder 4 stroke MAN engines from Wilton-Fijenoord and 2-325 ahp main electric engines with 2x96 cells batteries. Speed achieved on 26 May 1936 18,75 (surfaced)-9,3 (submerged) miles with contracted speed of 17-9 miles. Diving depth 80 metres.

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Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937. 

Pilotage, maintenance/repair and anchorage facilities at Horta, Azores according to the commanding officer of the Dutch submarine Hr.Ms O 16 in 1937

The Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. O16 commanded by lieutenant 1st class C.J.W. van Waning cruised in the Mediterranean between 11 January-25 March 1937 followed by visiting the USA and Portugal returning at Den Helder on 6 April.(1)

On 19 January was Terceira sighted and on Wednesday 20th 08.30 o’clock the Fayal canal between Picoa and Fayal entered. At 09:00 o’clock came the pilot on board and was berthed in the harbour of Horta where she stayed until Monday 25th January 07:00 o‘clock when she departed for Bermuda.

The pilot came outside the harbour on board but his English was unintelligibly and sometimes were his intentions hardly to be understand. To be able to communicate with the shore was a small motor boat hired for 1.200 escudo’s or 110 Dutch guilders for a period of 5 days. An item reported that Horta as harbour was of less significance although there was hope that would change is she became on short notice as a port of call for the transatlantic airline. The German Lufthansa already let make a nice slip for large flying boats and stationed other material like a heavy launch. An item reported that Horta possessed a quite well equipped locksmith’s shop despite being more specialized in the more coarse work did some smaller more sophisticated work well and even for free. There were none docks available. The O16 lost her port anchor when the chain broke in a storm. Although this anchor was salvaged was immediately after the chain broke a heavy anchor with chain via the port captain hired from the firm Bensay&Co laid and lift by a large launch of the German Lufthansa. The commanding officer of the O 16 advices in case of uncertain weather conditions immediately after arrival in the harbour to bring out a windward anchor especially for destroyers and submarines. The costs of hiring, laying and lifting such an anchor were just 275 escudo’s or 25 Dutch guilders. The harbour herself was protected against sea conditions and swell despite from where the wind came

Note
1. Designed by navy engineer ir. G. de Rooy who also was supervisor during the building. Tender dated 1 April 1933, ordered on 12 April 1933, to be delivered on or for 1 November 1935, contract signed on 18/24 April 1935, steel ordered on 12 June 1933, steel arrived on 6 September 1933, administration started on 30 November 1933, laid down by the Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands with yard number 200 between the North and South slips between 28 December 1933-4 January 1934m with the support of locomotive lying with a weight of 545,5 ton of 8 lorries in 8 hours replaced towards the South slip on 7 December 1935, in the thrushes on 2 January 1935, plating fitted on 29 March 1935, launched by Mrs. H.M. ’t Hooft-Plaisir on 27 January 1936, docked between 4/10 March, 22-25 May and 25 August-28 September 1936, trial while berthed on 2 March 1936, technical trials between 12 March-28 May 1936, torpedo launching tests at Den Helder, between 21 April-8 May 1936, official trial on 28 May 1936, full speed trial on 12 October 1936, diving tests on 80 metres depth on 26 November 1936, delivered on 26 October 1936, contracted price ƒ 1.405.600,00, building costs ƒ 1.572.309,07 and costs when for the first time commissioned ƒ 2.672.553, commissioned on 26 October 1936, departed towards Den Helder op 29 October 1936 lost on 15 December 1941 in the South China Sea when she strike a Japanese mine. Displacement 892 (standard)-948,994 (surfaced)-1.170,216 (submerged) tons and as dimensions 76,525 (between perpendiculars)-77,525 (over al) x 6,30 (outside thrush)-6,55 (wale) x 5,786 (depth) x 3,964 (trimmed)-3,91 meter. Her crew numbered 36 men. The armament consisted of 8-53cn torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern, 2 in the superstructure which could horizontal be turned, 14 torpedoes, 1-8,8cm gun and 2-4cm No. 2 machineguns. Fitted with an anti mine device. Propulsion consisted of 2-1.699 hp 8 cylinder 4 stroke MAN engines from Wilton-Fijenoord and 2-325 ahp main electric engines with 2x96 cells batteries. Speed achieved on 26 May 1936 18,75 (surfaced)-9,3 (submerged) miles with contracted speed of 17-9 miles. Diving depth 80 metres.

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Jaarboek van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeemacht 1936-1937.

Dutch gunboat Hr. Ms. Johan Maurits van Nassau 1930-1940

Salvaged gunturret now placed in the garden of the Royal Institute for naval officers (KIM) at Den Helder, Netherlands, 12 September 2015

To be built as a flotilla vessel to serve in the Dutch West Indies (Surinam and Netherlands Antilles).

Bid done on 8 December 1930, building ordered on 19 December 1930, contract signed on 24/31 December 1930, buidling administration started on 3 June 1931, to be delivered before or on 30 June 1932,  laid down at the shipyard of the Kon. Mij. De Schelde, Vlissingen, Netherlands with yardnumber 195 on the south slip on 13 July 1931, in the thrushes on 22 February 1932, first armour plating fitted 22 April 1932, first boiler placed on 7 July 1932, launched by Mrs. Va.d. Stad-Meijer, on 20 August 1932, trials while berthed 18 and 20 January 1933, docked 25-28 January 1933, technical trial 6-10 Februry 1933, official trial on 9 February 1933, commissioned on 5 April 1933 and sunk on 14 May 1940 of Callantsoog, Netherlands during a German aircraft attack when she was underway towards England. When the Second World War broke out she was lying in the roads of Vlissingen, Netherlands and succeeded on 10 May in destroying a German plane which was lying mines near Vlissingen. On 14 May she successfully participated in defending the Afsluitdijk against German troops underway towards the naval base Den Helder, Netherlands. Apparently a improved design of the gunboats Flores and Soemba.

Building costs ƒ 2.380.040,00 when first commissioned. Hull with engines ƒ 1.257.687, armament and fundation ƒ 582.298,00.

Dimensions 76,00 (between perpendiculars)-78,65 (over all) x 11,60 x 3,75 x 6,45 (hold below maindeck) or 249'4"-245.9½"x 38'0 3/4" x 12'4"x 21'2". Displacement 982 (when launched and a draught of 1,85-3.060 metres)-1.537 (Wagington)-1.750 with a draught of 3,75 metres. Built under supervision of navy engineer G. de Rooy. Contracted speed 15 knots. Two-3 bladed screws. Two 1.050 ahp at 165rpm engines. Four Schelde Yarrow waterpipe boilers. Her crew numbered 127 men. The armament consisted of 3-15cm guns and 8 machineguns.

American cruiser USS Little Rock (CG-4) visited the Netherlands in 1965

National Archive The Hague Netherlands

National Archive The Hague Netherlands

Amsterdam, Netherlands 23 September 1965

Ron Kroon, Anefo Collection

The Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 18 September 1965 reported the intended visit by the commanding officer of the US Atlantic Fleet vice admiral K.S. Masterson (1) between Thursday 23-Monday 27 September. His flagship would be moored alongside the Sumatrakade.(2) The Dutch cruiser Hr.Ms. De Ruyter [C 801] (3) flagship of vice admiral L.E.H. Reeser (4) would also visit Amsterdam at the same and return the salute of 21 gun shots. Her crew numbered at that moment 67 officers and 1.010 sailors. Her main armament consisted of Talos guided missiles. For her crew was all kind of entertainment organized. The USS Little Rock was to attend NATO exercises on the Atlantic Ocean.

Notes

1. Kleber Sandin Masterson (12 July 1908-3 May 1998)was a survivor of the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 but lucky enough on the shore when his ship sunk. In 1964 appointed to commander of the 2^nd Fleet, homeport Norfolk and of the NATO’s Strike Fleet Atlantic.

2. Of the Cleveland-class light cruisers, preceded by St. Louis and Atlanta-classes and succeeded by Fargo-class. Laid down at the shipyard of Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, USA on 6 March 1943, launched whiles sponsored by Mrs. Sam Wassell on 27 August 1944, commissioned on 17 June 1945, reclassified CLG-4 on 23 May 1957, converted into a Galveston-class guided missile cruiser 1957-1960, classified as G-4 on 1 July 1975, decommissioned and stricken on 22 November 1976 and then as a museum ship given to the Buffalo and Erie County Naval&Military Park, Buffalo, New York, USA. With a displacement of 10.670 (standard)-15.205 (full load) tons were her dimensions 185,95 x 20,22 x 7,6 metres or 610’1’ x 66’4” x 25’. The four steam turbines and 4 Babcock&Wilcox boilers supplied 100.000 shp allowing a speed of 33 knots. Her crew numbered 1.395 men and her armament consisted of 1x3-15,2cm/6” guns, 2x1-“12,7cm/5”guns and 1xtwin rail Mark 7 Talos SAM launcher for which she could carry 46 missiles with her.

3. The still existing light cruiser although since 7 March 1973 Peruvian owned and called Almirante Grau, built between 5 September 1939-18 November 1953 by Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands. In Dutch service she was never fitted out with guided missiles in contrary to her sister ship De Zeven Provinciën. Displacement 9.681 (standard)-12.165 (full load) tons and as dimensions 187,32 x 17,25 x 11,65 metres or 614.6 x 56.6 x 22.0 feet. Armament consisted of 4x2-15,2 cm/6” Bofors guns, 4x2-5,7cm guns and 8x1-4cm guns.

4. Leendert Emanuel Hendrik Reeser (5 May 1912 Rotterdam, Netherlands-2 September 2001, Commandant Zeemacht in Nederland (CZMNED) 1964-1966.