Passing Rendsburg (Kiel Canal) April 1966
built 1945 as „LST-1101" by Mission Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, In.; displacement: 1625 tons; flag: DEU; ex „Saline County"; subsequent name „Bayraktar" (1972 released to Turkey)

*Bottrop and her sister Bochum were rebuilt as mine warfare ships by Motorenwerke Bremerhaven before entering service with the German navy in 1964
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