History | |
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United States | |
Ordered | 1962 |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Yard, Baltimore, MD. |
Launched | 2 April 1963 |
Sponsored by | Sinclair Oil Co. |
Christened | 1963 ST Sinclair Texas |
In service | 28 June 1963, Dover Tanker Corp. |
Out of service | 22 September 2020 |
Renamed | Petersburg 27 July 1981 |
Stricken | 3 June 2021 |
Homeport | Alameda, CA |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped 6 June 2022 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Chesapeake Class Tanker |
Tonnage | 27,049 GT |
Displacement | 50,063 long tons |
Length | 736 ft (224 m) |
Beam | 102 ft (31 m) |
Draught | 40 ft 1 in (12.22 m) |
Speed | 14.5 knots |
Complement | Civilian: 38 • Military: 0 |
SS Petersburg (T-AOT-9101) was one of Military Sealift Command's US Government-owned tankers. It had been part of Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three. Its normal crew complement was 38 civilians and no military personnel. [1]
SS Petersburg was part of the Ready Reserve Force. She was scrapped in June 2022. Previously, she was berthed in the Suisun Bay Reserve fleet, Benicia, California; prior to that she had served ten years at the island of Guam. In June 2006, the ship participated in exercise Valiant Shield. The ship occasionally left berth in the ready reserve fleet to participate in active and operational training and exercises.
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