SS Green Harbour was a Type C9-class ship built in 1974, operated by the Military Sealift Command during Gulf War.[1][2]
.jpg) USNS Green Harbour
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Green Harbour |
| Namesake | Green Harbour |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Avondale Shipyard |
| Laid down | 1974 |
| Launched | 1974 |
| In service | 1974 |
| Out of service | 2002 |
| Homeport | Diego Garcia |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type |
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| Displacement |
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| 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 |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 24 mariners |
Construction and commissioning
editGreen 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
edit- ^ "Military Sealift Command Ships". www.usmm.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ All Hands. Bureau of Naval Personnel. 2000.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Navy Fact File. Office of Information. 1987. pp. III-38.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ W. Westermeyer, Paul (2014). U.S. Marines in the Gulf War, 1990–1991 (PDF). Quantico, Virginia: HISTORY DIVISION UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. p. 36.