SS Green Harbour

USNS Green Harbour
History
United States
Name	Green Harbour
Namesake	Green Harbour
Owner	Central Gulf Lines (1974-1992) Military Sealift Command (1992-2001) Central Gulf Lines (2001-2002)
Builder	Avondale Shipyard
Laid down	1974
Launched	1974
In service	1974
Out of service	2002
Homeport	Diego Garcia
Identification	IMO number:  7390698 Hull number: T-AK-2064
Fate	Scrapped, 2002
General characteristics
Class & type	Type C9-class cargo ship (C9-S-81f)
Displacement	28,500 t (28,050 long tons), standard 49,152 t (48,376 long tons), full
Length	893 ft 3 in (272.26 m)
Beam	100 ft 0 in (30.48 m)
Draft	40 ft 0 in (12.19 m)
Installed power	1 × shaft 1,100 psi (7,600 kPa) 32,000 shp (24,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Combustion Engineering boilers 2 × De Val turbines
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	24 mariners

SS Green Harbour was a Type C9-class ship built in 1974, operated by the Military Sealift Command during Gulf War. ^{[1] [2]}

Construction and commissioning

Green Harbour was laid down and launched in 1974 at Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, Louisiana. Put into service later that same year by the Maritime Administration for operation by Central Gulf Lines. ^[3]

In 1991, the ship was chartered by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and commissioned into the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron 2, Diego Garcia, as Green Harbour (T-AK-2064). ^[4] She took part in the Operation Desert Shield. ^[5]

She was returned to the Central Gulf Lines after the contact with MSC was finished in 2001. The ship was sold for scrap in 2002.

References

1. "Military Sealift Command Ships". www.usmm.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
2. "USNS Ships". All Hands. No. 992. January 2000. p. 36.
3. "SS Green Harbour (AK-2064)". NavSource. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
4. "Afloat prepositioning force ships". Navy Fact File. Office of Information. 1987. p. III-38.
5. W. Westermeyer, Paul (2014). U.S. Marines in the Gulf War, 1990–1991 (PDF). Quantico, Virginia: HISTORY DIVISION UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. p. 36.