List of Military Sealift Command ships
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Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force

  • USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3)
    USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3)
    USNS Alan Shepard is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship in the United States Navy. She is named for astronaut Rear Admiral Alan Shepard....

  • USNS Apache (T-ATF-172)
    USNS Apache (T-ATF-172)
    USNS Apache , fifth United States Navy ship of the name, is the last of the Powhatan class of fleet ocean tugs. Apache was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1981. She is operated by Military Sealift Command and crewed by 16 civil service mariners with a complement of up to 4 Navy enlisted personnel to...

  • USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8)
    USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8)
    USNS Arctic , formerly USS Arctic , is the third ship in the Supply class of fast combat support ships and is the fifth supply ship to carry the name of the region surrounding the North Pole....

  • USNS Big Horn (T-AO-198)
  • USNS Bridge (T-AOE-10)
    USNS Bridge (T-AOE-10)
    USNS Bridge is the fourth ship in the Supply class of fast combat support ships and the second ship in the Navy named after Commodore Horatio Bridge. BRIDGE was commissioned on 5 August 1998. Her commissioning CO was CAPT Robbie Williams . The second CO was CAPT Rick Wren. In June 2001, CAPT ...

  • USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168)
    USNS Catawba (T-ATF-168)
    USNS Catawba is a operated by the Military Sealift Command for the United States Navy.-Ship history:Catawba provided MV Faina with food, water, and medical supplies after that ship was released by Somali pirates.-References:*...

  • USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)
    USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)
    USNS Comfort is the third United States Navy ship to bear the name Comfort, and the second to join the navy fleet. The USNS prefix identifies the Comfort as a non-commissioned ship owned by the U.S. Navy and crewed by civilians. In accordance with the Geneva Conventions, USNS Comfort and her...

  • USNS Concord (T-AFS-5)
    USNS Concord (T-AFS-5)
    USNS Concord became the first of five United States Navy Mars class combat stores ships to be transferred to Military Sealift Command on October 15, 1992. USNS Mars followed on February 1, 1993, USNS San Diego on August 11, 1993, USNS San Jose on November 2, 1993 and USNS Niagara Falls on...

  • USNS Flint (T-AE-32)
  • USNS Grapple (T-ARS-53)
  • USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51)
    USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51)
    USNS Grasp is a , the second United States Navy ship of that name.Grasp was laid down on 30 March 1983 by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 2 May 1985; and commissioned on 14 December 1985....

  • USNS Guadalupe (T-AO-200)
  • USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187)
  • USNS John Ericsson (T-AO-194)
    USNS John Ericsson (T-AO-194)
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  • USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189)
    USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189)
    USNS John Lenthall is a of the United States Navy.-Construction and delivery:John Lenthall, the third ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class, was laid down at Avondale Shipyard, Inc., at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 15 July 1985 and launched on 9 August 1986. After entering non-commissioned U.S...

  • USNS Kanawha (T-AO-196)
  • USNS Kilauea (T-AE-26)
    USNS Kilauea (T-AE-26)
    USS Kilauea was the lead ship of her class of ammunition ships of the United States Navy. She was named for Kilauea, the Hawaiian volcano....

  • USNS Kiska (T-AE-35)
    USNS Kiska (T-AE-35)
    The USNS Kiska is one of five ammunition ships operated by Military Sealift Command, and one of the 41 ships in the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force. The ship was laid down on 8 April 1971 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS as the USS Kiska and was launched on 11 March 1972...

  • USNS Laramie (T-AO-203)
  • USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO-195)
  • USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1)
    USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1)
    USNS Lewis and Clark is an American dry cargo ship, the lead ship of her namesake class. It was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark...

  • USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)
    USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)
    The third USNS Mercy is the lead ship of her class of hospital ships in the United States Navy. Her sister ship is the USNS Comfort . She was named for the virtue of compassion. In accordance with the Geneva Conventions, USNS Mercy and her crew do not carry any offensive weapons, though...

  • USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
    USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
    USNS Mount Baker is the seventh of eight s, currently in service with the Military Sealift Command. She is the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, and is named for Mount Baker, a volcano in the Cascade Range of Washington...

  • USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169)
    USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169)
    USNS Najavo is a United States Navy in service since 1980.Navajo was laid down on 14 December 1977 by the Marinette Marine Corporation at Marinette, Wisconsin. Launched on 20 December 1979, and delivered to the U.S...

  • USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3)
  • USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201)
  • USNS Pecos (T-AO-197)
    USNS Pecos (T-AO-197)
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  • USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7)
    USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7)
    The third US Navy vessel named after Mount Rainier, USNS Rainier is the second ship in the Supply class of fast combat support ships. On September 28, 1991, the ship's sponsor - Mrs. Suzanne Callison Dicks, a most gracious lady and wife of The Honorable Norm Dicks - christened 'AOE-7' as Rainier...

  • USNS Rappahannock (T-AO-204)
    USNS Rappahannock (T-AO-204)
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  • USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4)
    USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4)
    USNS Richard E. Byrd is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship in the United States Navy. She is the second United States Navy ship to be named after polar explorer Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd ....

  • USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5)
    USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5)
    USNS Robert E. Peary is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship in the United States Navy. She is the fourth Navy ship named for Arctic explorer, RAdm. Robert E. Peary .The contract to build Robert E...

  • USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2)
    USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2)
    USNS Sacagawea , a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, was the third ship operated by the United States Navy to be named for Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who acted as guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and one of the few United States Navy ships named for women.The...

  • USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50)
    USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50)
    USS Safeguard is a , the second United States Navy ship of that name.Safeguard was laid down on 8 November 1982 by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 12 November 1983; and commissioned on 17 August 1985....

  • USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52)
  • USNS San Jose (T-AFS-7)
  • USNS Saturn (T-AFS-10)
  • USNS Shasta (T-AE-33)
  • USNS Sioux (T-ATF-171)
    USNS Sioux (T-ATF-171)
    USNS Sioux is a United States Navy in service since 1981.Sioux was laid down on 22 March 1979 by the Marinette Marine Corporation at Marinette, Wisconsin. Launched on 15 November 1980, and delivered to the U.S...

  • USNS Supply (T-AOE-6)
    USNS Supply (T-AOE-6)
    USNS Supply is the lead ship of the Supply class fast combat support ships. She was laid down on 24 February 1989 and was launched on 6 October 1990. Supply was commissioned 26 February 1994 at Naval Air Station, North Island in San Diego, California...

  • USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199)
    USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199)
    USNS Tippecanoe is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy. She serves in the United States Pacific Fleet....

  • USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO-193)
  • USNS Yukon (T-AO-202)
    USNS Yukon (T-AO-202)
    USNS Yukon is a underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy....


Special Mission Ships

  • USNS Able
  • USNS Bowditch
    USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-62)
    USNS Bowditch is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. She is the third ship in the class. The USNS Bowditch is a part of a 29 ship Special Mission Ship program and operates in the South China Sea. She is named after Nathaniel Bowditch, generally regarded as the founding father of modern...

  • MV Carolyn Chouest
    MV Carolyn Chouest
    MV Carolyn Chouest is a chartered submarine support ship for the U.S. Navy assigned to the Special Missions Program to support the NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft...

  • MV Cory Chouest
    MV Cory Chouest
    MV Cory Chouest is an ocean surveillance ship leased by the U.S. Navy in 1989 and assigned to the Navy’s Special Missions Program. Cory Choquest had all SURTASS equipment removed and was returned to her original owners in 2008 completing nearly 20 years of service.-Construction:Cory Chouest was...

  • MV Dolores Chouest
  • USNS Effective
    USNS Effective (T-AGOS-21)
    USNS Effective is a Victorious-class ocean surveillance ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1993 and assigned to the Navy’s Special Mission Program.-Built in Louisiana:...

  • USNS Hayes
  • USNS Bruce C. Heezen
    USNS Bruce C. Heezen (T-AGS-64)
    USNS Bruce C. Heezen is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. It is the fifth ship in the class. She is named after Bruce C. Heezen, who was the leader of the team from Columbia University that discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the 1950s. The ship was the first Navy vessel to be...

  • USNS Henson
    USNS Henson (T-AGS-63)
    USNS Henson is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. It is the fourth ship in the class. Henson is named after Matthew Henson, who accompanied Robert Peary, most famously on an expedition intended to reach the Geographic North Pole in 1909.Henson participated in the search for the remains...

  • USNS Impeccable
    USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23)
    USNS Impeccable is an Impeccable-class ocean surveillance ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 2001 and assigned to Military Sealift Command’s Special Missions Program.-Construction:...

  • USNS Invincible
    USNS Invincible (T-AGM-24)
    USNS Invincible , also known as ex-AGOS 10 , is one of two Missile Range Instrumentation Ships operated by the Military Sealift Command. One of the radars it carries is the Cobra Gemini dual band, X band and S band, radar....

  • USNS John McDonnell
  • MV Kellie Chouest
    MV Kellie Chouest
    MV Kellie Chouest is a Deep Submergence Elevator Support Ship operated under the Military Sealift Command's Special Mission Ship Program and leased from Edison Chouest Offshore...

  • USNS Loyal
    USNS Loyal (T-AGOS-22)
    USNS Loyal is a Victorious-class ocean surveillance ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1993 and assigned to the Navy’s Special Missions Program.-Built in Louisiana:Loyal was built by Mc Dermott Shipyards, Morgan City, Louisiana...

  • USNS Mary Sears
    USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS-65)
    USNS Mary Sears is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. It is the sixth ship of its class. Mary Sears is named after Commander Mary Sears of the United States Naval Reserve, who was instrumental in the development of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and is regarded as one of the...

  • USS Mount Whitney
  • USNS Observation Island
    USNS Observation Island (T-AGM-23)
    USNS Observation Island , also known as ex-MA-28, ex-YAG-57, ex-E-AG-154, Empire State Mariner, is the historic naval vessel that in 1969 launched the first Poseidon Fleet Ballstic Missile ever successfully deployed from a vessel at sea, earning the ship and crew the Meritorious Unit Commendation...

  • USNS Pathfinder
  • USNS Sumner
    USNS Sumner (T-AGS-61)
    USNS Sumner is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship that became operational in 1997. It is the fourth United States Navy ship named Sumner.-External links:*...

  • MV Swift
  • USNS Victorious
    USNS Victorious (T-AGOS-19)
    USNS Victorious is a Victorious-class ocean surveillance ship which was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1991 and assigned to the Military Sealift Command Special Missions Program.-Built in Morgan City, Louisiana:...

  • USNS Waters
    USNS Waters (T-AGS-45)
    USNS Waters is a United States Navy vessel tasked with supporting submarine navigation-system testing and providing ballistic missile flight test support services. In 2011, it was homeported in Port Canaveral, Florida.-Features:...

  • USNS Zeus
    USNS Zeus (T-ARC-7)
    USNS Zeus was the first cable ship specifically built for the United States Navy, and was planned to be the first of two ships of her class, however the second ship was not built, leaving Zeus as the only ship of her class to have been constructed. Capable of laying of cable at depths of up to ,...


Prepositioning Ships

  • MV 1st Lt Alex Bonnyman (T-AK-3003)
  • MV 1st Lt Baldomero Lopez (T-AK-3010)
  • USNS 1st Lt Harry L. Martin (T-AK-3015)
  • MV 2nd Lt John P. Bobo (T-AK-3008)
  • USNS 1st Lt Jack Lummus (T-AK-3011)
  • MV A1C William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638)
    MV A1C William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK 4638)
    MV A1C William H. Pitsenbarger is a civilian-crewed, 621-foot container ship owned by RR & VO L.L.C. and operated by Red River Shipping Corp. of Rockville, Md, was under a five-year charter to MSC. The ship will preposition ammunition and supplies in Diego Garcia...

  • USNS Charlton (T-AKR-314)
    USNS Charlton (T-AKR-314)
    USNS Charlton is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship....

  • MV Cpl Louis J. Hauge Jr. (T-AK-3000)
  • SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4)
    SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4)
    SS Curtiss is one of two Wright-class Aviation Logistics Support Container Ships built for the United States Navy in 1968. The sister ship is called the S.S. Wright....

  • USNS Dahl (T-AKR-312)
    USNS Dahl (T-AKR-312)
    USNS Dahl is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship.She was named for Specialist Larry G...

  • USNS GYSGT Fred W. Stockham (T-AK-3017)
    USNS GYSGT Fred W. Stockham (T-AK-3017)
    USNS GySgt. Fred W. Stockham is a container & roll-on roll-off support vessel in the United States Navy'sMilitary Sealift Command .The vessel is the second Navy ship named after Marine Gunnery Sergeant Fred W...

  • USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat (T-AK-3016)
  • MV LTC John U. D. Page (T-AK-4496)
  • MV Maj Bernard F Fisher (T-AK-4396)
  • SS Maj Stephen W. Pless (T-AK-3007)
  • SS Petersburg (T-AOT-9101)
    SS Petersburg (T-AOT-9101)
    SS Petersburg is one of Military Sealift Command's six United States of America Government-owned Tankers and is part of the 35 ships in the Prepositioning Program. It is part of Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three...

  • MV PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009)
  • SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006)
  • MV PFC James Anderson Junior (T-AK-3002)
  • MV PFC William B. Baugh (T-AK-3001)
  • USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR-316)
    USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR-316)
    USNS Pomeroy is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship....

  • MV PVT Franklin J. Phillips (T-AK-3004)
  • USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR-313)
    USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR-313)
    USNS Red Cloud is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program...

  • SS Sgt Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005)
  • MV Sgt William R. Button (T-AK-3012)
  • USNS Sisler (T-AKR-311)
    USNS Sisler (T-AKR-311)
    USNS Sisler is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship....

  • USNS Soderman (T-AKR-317)
    USNS Soderman (T-AKR-317)
    USNS Soderman is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship....

  • MV SSgt Edward A. Carter Jr. (T-AK-4544)
  • MV VADM K. R. Wheeler (T-AG-5001)
  • USNS Watkins (T-AKR-315)
    USNS Watkins (T-AKR-315)
    USNS Watkins is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship....

  • USNS Watson (T-AKR-310)
    USNS Watson (T-AKR-310)
    USNS Watson is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program...

  • MV Westpac Express (HSV-4676)
    MV Westpac Express (HSV-4676)
    MV Westpac Express is a high-speed catamaran built in 2001 by Austal Ltd. of Henderson, Western Australia. Chartered for the Marine Corps Logistics Prepositioning Ship Program by Military Sealift Command , the ship provided extensive logistics support to "Exercise Cobra Gold 2002". Cobra Gold...

  • SS Wright (T-AVB-3)
    SS Wright (T-AVB-3)
    SS Wright is one of two Aviation Logistics Support Container Ships built for the United States Navy in 1968.The lead ship of her class of two, she was originally laid down 1 June 1968 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc...


Sealift Ships

  • USNS Algol (T-AKR-287)
  • USNS Altair (T-AKR-291)
  • MV American Tern (T-AK-4729)
    MV American Tern (T-AK-4729)
    M/V American Tern is a container ship managed by APL Maritime, Ltd. Formerly the Liberian-flagged M/V Kariba, the vessel was renamed American Tern under the United States flag in 2002. Since then, the American Tern has been chartered by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command...

  • USNS Antares (T-AKR-294)
  • MV Baffin Strait (T-AK W9519)
  • USNS Bellatrix (T-AKR-288)
  • USNS Benavidez (T-AKR-306)
    USNS Benavidez (T-AKR-306)
    USNS Benavidez is a Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy. She was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans and delivered to the Navy on 10 September 2003. They assigned her to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command...

  • USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305)
    USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305)
    USNS Brittin is a Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy. She was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans and delivered to the Navy on 30 January 2001 . They assigned her to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command...

  • USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300)
    USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300)
    USNS Bob Hope , the lead ship of her class of vehicle cargo ships for Army vehicle prepositioning, is the only naval ship of the United States to be named for Bob Hope, the entertainer...

  • USNS Capella (T-AKR-293)
  • USNS Denebola (T-AKR-289)
  • USNS Fisher (T-AKR-301)
    USNS Fisher (T-AKR-301)
    USNS Fisher is a Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy. She was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans and delivered to the Navy on 4 August 1998. They assigned her to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command...

  • USNS Gilliland (T-AKR-298)
    USNS Gilliland (T-AKR-298)
    USNS Gilliland is a Gordon-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy. She was originally built as a merchant vessel but later acquired and converted by the Navy, and assigned to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command. Gilliland was built in...

  • USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296)
    USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296)
    USNS Gordon is a Gordon-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy. She was originally built as a merchant vessel but later acquired and converted by the Navy, and assigned to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command...

  • USNS Lawrence H. Gianella (T-AOT-1125)
    USNS Lawrence H. Gianella (T-AOT-1125)
    USNS Lawrence H. Gianella is a United States Military Sealift Command product tanker which typically carries diesel, gasoline, and JP5 . Its reinforced bow allows it to occasionally make the yearly fuel delivery to McMurdo Station in Antarctica.-Name origin:The vessel is named for Radio Operator...

  • MV Megan Beyel
  • USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303)
    USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303)
    USNS Mendonca is a Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy. She was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans and delivered to the Navy on 30 January 2001 . They assigned her to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command....

  • USNS Paul Buck (T-AOT-1122)
  • USNS Pililaau (T-AKR-304)
  • USNS Pollux (T-AKR-290)
  • USNS Regulus (T-AKR-292)
  • USNS Richard G. Matthiesen (T-AOT-1124)
  • USNS Samuel L. Cobb (T-AOT-1123)
  • USNS Seay (T-AKR-302)
  • USNS Shughart (T-AKR-295)
    USNS Shughart (T-AKR-295)
    USNS Shughart is the lead ship of her class of cargo ships. She is a 'roll-on roll-off' non-combat United States Navy designated a "Large, Medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off" ship.-History:...

  • MV Transpacific (T-1)
    MV Transpacific (T-1)
    MV Transpacific also known as MT Transpacific is an oil tanker under long-term charter to the United States Military Sealift Command . As part of MSC's Sealift Program, the Transpacific transports fuel for the U.S. Department of Defense...

  • USNS Yano (T-AKR-297)

Ready Reserve Force Ships

Ready Reserve Force (RRF) ships are owned, crewed, and maintained by the civilian United States Maritime Administration, but come under control of the Military Sealift Command when activated. The MSC Sealift Program's Surge Project Office is responsible for RRF activities.

Alameda, CA

  • GTS Adm Wm M. Callaghan (T-AKR-1001)
  • MV Cape Orlando (T-AKR-2044)
  • SS Algol (T-AKR-287)
    SS Algol (T-AKR-287)
    SS Algol is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force . She was built by Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land Exchange...

  • SS Capella (T-AKR-293)
    SS Capella (T-AKR-293)
    SS Capella is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force . She was built by Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land McLean...

  • SS Cape Mohican (T-AKR-5065)
    SS Cape Mohican (T-AKR-5065)
    The SS Cape Mohican is a sea barge heavy lift ship in the service of the Military Sealift Command .She was laid down on 15 July 1971 as Tillie Lykes under Maritime Administration contract at General Dynamics Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 23 September 1972 and delivered on...

  • SS Gem State (T-ACS-2)
    SS Gem State (T-ACS-2)
    SS Gem State was laid down on 30 May 1965, as the breakbulk ship, SS President Monroe, a Maritime Administration type hull, under Maritime Administration contract at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA. She was launched on 10 February 1965 and delivered to American President...

  • SS Grand Canyon State (T-ACS-3)
    SS Grand Canyon State (T-ACS-3)
    SS Grand Canyon State was laid down on 20 March 1964, as SS President Polk, a Maritime Administration type hull under Maritime Administration contract at National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA. She was launched on 23 January 1965 and delivered to the Maritime Administration on 4...

  • SS Keystone State (T-ACS-1)
    SS Keystone State (T-ACS-1)
    SS Keystone State was laid down on 23 January 1965 as the breakbulk ship, SS President Harrison, a Maritime Administration type hull, under Maritime Administration contract at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA. She was launched, 10 February 1965 and delivered to the American...

  • SS St. Petersburgh (AOT-9101)

Baltimore, MD

  • SS Wright (T-AVB-3)
    SS Wright (T-AVB-3)
    SS Wright is one of two Aviation Logistics Support Container Ships built for the United States Navy in 1968.The lead ship of her class of two, she was originally laid down 1 June 1968 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc...

     - SS Wright is part of the RRF, but is dedicated to USMC aviation logistics support.
  • MV Cape Wrath (T-AKR-9962)
  • MV Cape Washington (T-AKR-9961)
  • SS Antares (T-AKR-294)
    SS Antares (T-AKR-294)
    SS Antares is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force . She was built by A.G. Weser in Bremen, West Germany, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land Galloway...

  • SS Denebola (T-AKR-289)
    SS Denebola (T-AKR-289)
    SS Denebola is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force . She was built by Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land Resource...


Beaumont Reserve Fleet

  • MV Cape Victory (T-AKR-9701)
    MV Cape Victory (T-AKR-9701)
    MV Cape Victory was built in 1984 as MV Marzario Britainna by Cant Nav. Italiani. After launching, it was delivered to CMB T. Italy for commercial operation. She was acquired...

  • MV Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666)
    MV Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666)
    MV Cape Vincent was built as MV Marzario Italia, in 1984 at Italcantieri S.P. A., Italy. After launch, it was delivered to CMB Italy after which it was briefly renamed MV Taabo Italia...

  • SS Cape Farewell (T-AK-5073)
  • SS Cape Flattery (T-AKR-5070)

Charleston, SC

  • MV Cape Ducato (T-AKR-5051)
    MV Cape Ducato (T-AKR-5051)
    MV Cape Ducato was delivered in September 1972, as MV Barranduna at Eriksberg Shipyard in Mekanisk Verkstad, Sweden. She was acquired by the US Maritime Administration on November 18, 1985 and renamed MV Cape Ducato...

  • MV Cape Edmont (T-AKR-5069)
  • MV Cape Diamond (T-AKR-5055)
  • MV Cape Douglas (T-AKR-5052)
  • MV Cape Domingo (T-AKR-5053)
  • MV Cape Decision (T-AKR-5054)

Houston, TX

  • MV Cape Taylor (T-AKR-113)
  • MV Cape Texas (T-AKR-112)
  • MV Cape Trinity (T-AKR-9711)

Long Beach, CA

  • SS Cape Inscription (T-AKR-5076)
  • SS Cape Isabel (T-AKR-5062)

Marrero, LA

  • SS Altair (T-AKR-291)
    SS Altair (T-AKR-291)
    SS Altair is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force . She was built by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke in Emden, West Germany, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land Finance...

  • SS Bellatrix (T-AKR-288)
    SS Bellatrix (T-AKR-288)
    SS Bellatrix is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force . She was built by Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land Trade...


Newport News, VA

  • SS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-6)
    SS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-6)
    SS Cornhusker State is a crane ship in ready reserve for the United States Navy. She is stationed in Newport News, Virginia and is in ready reserve under the Military Sealift Command. The ship was named for the state of Nebraska, which is also known as the Cornhusker State.The ship was built by...

  • SS Flickertail State (T-ACS-5)
    SS Flickertail State (T-ACS-5)
    SS Flickertail State is a crane ship in ready reserve for the United States Navy. She is stationed at Newport News, Virginia and is in ready reserve under the Military Sealift Command. The ship was named for the state of North Dakota, which is also known as the Flickertail State.The ship was...

  • SS Gopher State (T-ACS-4)
    SS Gopher State (T-ACS-4)
    The SS Gopher State was laid down on 26 July 1971, at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME. as SS Export Leader, a Maritime Administration type hull under Maritime Administration contract . She was launched on 8 July 1972 and delivered to the Maritime Administration, 22 January 1973...


New Orleans, LA

  • MV Cape Kennedy (T-AKR-5083)
  • MV Cape Knox (T-AKR-5082)

Philadelphia, PA

  • SS Pollux (T-AKR-290)
    SS Pollux (T-AKR-290)
    USNS Pollux , later T-AKR-290, the fourth United States Navy ship of the name, is an Algol-class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force as SS Pollux .-Construction and early career:The ship was built as the...

  • SS Regulus (T-AKR-292)
    SS Regulus (T-AKR-292)
    SS Regulus is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force . She was built by A.G. Weser in Bremen, West Germany, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land Commerce...


Portsmouth, VA

  • MV Cape Race (T-AKR-9960)
  • MV Cape Ray (T-AKR-9679)
  • MV Cape Rise (T-AKR-9678)

San Diego, CA

  • SS Curtis (T-AVB-4)
    SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4)
    SS Curtiss is one of two Wright-class Aviation Logistics Support Container Ships built for the United States Navy in 1968. The sister ship is called the S.S. Wright....

     - SS Curtiss is part of the RRF, but is dedicated to USMC aviation logistics support under the Prepositioning Program.

San Francisco, CA

  • MV Cape Henry (T-AKR-5067)
  • MV Cape Horn (T-AKR-5068)
  • MV Cape Hudson (T-AKR-5066)

Tacoma, WA

  • SS Cape Intrepid (T-AKR-11)
  • SS Cape Island (T-AKR-10)

Extended Operations - Far East

  • MV Cape Jacob (T-AK-5029) - Cape Jacob is part of the RRF, but is activated for duty with the Prepositioning Program.

Former MSC Ships

Ship Name Hull No. Type Comment
Alatna Transport oiler
Assurance Ocean surveillance ship
Audacious Ocean surveillance ship
Beaver State Auxiliary crane ship
Auxiliary Crane Ship
An Auxiliary Crane Ship is a vessel of the United States Military Sealift Command designed to operate where port facilities are limited or damaged to transfer cargo between themselves, other vessels, and piers.- Description :...

Cape Fear Cargo ship
Cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...

Cape Florida Cargo ship
Cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...

Cape Johnson Cargo ship
Cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...

Cape Juby Cargo ship
Cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...

Cape Nome Vehicle cargo ship
Vehicle cargo ship
Vehicle cargo ship is a kind of United States Navy ship used for prepositioning of Army vehicles. An example is USNS Bob Hope , the lead ship of her class....

Cape Mendocino Vehicle cargo ship
Vehicle cargo ship
Vehicle cargo ship is a kind of United States Navy ship used for prepositioning of Army vehicles. An example is USNS Bob Hope , the lead ship of her class....

Cape Lambert Vehicle cargo ship
Vehicle cargo ship
Vehicle cargo ship is a kind of United States Navy ship used for prepositioning of Army vehicles. An example is USNS Bob Hope , the lead ship of her class....

Cape Lobos Vehicle cargo ship
Vehicle cargo ship
Vehicle cargo ship is a kind of United States Navy ship used for prepositioning of Army vehicles. An example is USNS Bob Hope , the lead ship of her class....

Capable Ocean surveillance ship
Chattahoochee Transport oiler
Chesapeake Transport oiler
Comet Vehicle cargo ship
Vehicle cargo ship
Vehicle cargo ship is a kind of United States Navy ship used for prepositioning of Army vehicles. An example is USNS Bob Hope , the lead ship of her class....

Diamond State Auxiliary crane ship
Auxiliary Crane Ship
An Auxiliary Crane Ship is a vessel of the United States Military Sealift Command designed to operate where port facilities are limited or damaged to transfer cargo between themselves, other vessels, and piers.- Description :...

Empire State Troop transport
USNS Maury Ocean surveillance ship

Alphabetically

  • SS Equality State (T-ACS-8)
    SS Equality State (T-ACS-8)
    SS Equality State was built 1961 as SS Washington Mail, a Maritime Commission type hull by Todd Shipyard, San Pedro, California. She was launched on 11 May 1961 and delivered to American Mail Lines, 2 January 1962. She was subsequently lengthened and converted to a container ship in 1971 at...

  • USNS General A. W. Brewster (T-AP-155)
  • USNS General A. W. Greely (T-AP-141)
  • USNS General C. C. Ballou (T-AP-157)
  • USNS General C. G. Morton (T-AP-138)
  • USNS General C. H. Muir (T-AP-142)
  • USNS General D. E. Aultman (T-AP-156)
  • USNS General E. T. Collins (T-AP-147)
  • USNS General H. B. Freeman (T-AP-143)
  • USNS General H. F. Hodges (T-AP-144)
  • USNS General Harry Taylor (T-AP-145)
  • USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149)
  • USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154)
  • USNS General M. B. Stewart (T-AP-140)
  • USNS General M. L. Hersey (T-AP-148)
  • USNS General M. M. Patrick (T-AP-150)
  • USNS General R. E. Callan (T-AP-139)
  • USNS General R. L. Howze (T-AP-134)
  • USNS General R. M. Blatchford (T-AP-153)
  • USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137)
  • USNS General Stuart Heintzelman (T-AP-159)
  • USNS General W. C. Langfitt (T-AP-151)
  • USNS General W. F. Hase (T-AP-146)
  • USNS General W. G. Haan (T-AP-158)
  • USNS General W. M. Black (T-AP-135)
  • SS Green Mountain State (T-ACS-9)
    SS Green Mountain State (T-ACS-9)
    SS Green Mountain State was laid down on 2 December 1963, as the breakbulk ship, SS Mormacaltair, a Maritime Administration type hull, under Maritime Administration contract at Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc., Pascagoula, MS. She was launched, 20 August 1964 and delivered to the Moore-McCormack...

  • MV Gus W. Darnell (T-AOT-1121)
  • TS Kennedy (T-AK-5059) (Ex USTS Enterprise, Ex SS Cape Bon)
  • SS Meteor (T-AKR-9)
  • USNS Mission Buenaventura (T-AO-111)
  • SS Mission Buenaventura (T-AOT-1012)
  • USNS Mission Capistrano (T-AO-112)
  • MV Mission Capistrano (T-AOT-5005)
  • USNS Mission Carmel (T-AO-113)
  • USNS Mission De Pala (T-AO-114)
  • USNS Mission Dolores (T-AO-115)
  • USNS Mission Loreto (T-AO-116)
  • USNS Mission Los Angeles (T-AO-117)
  • USNS Mission Purisma (T-AO-118)
  • USNS Mission San Antonio (T-AO-119)
  • USNS Mission San Carlos (T-AO-120)
  • USNS Mission San Diego (T-AO-121)
  • USNS Mission San Fernando (T-AO-122)
  • USNS Mission San Francisco (T-AO-123)
  • USNS Mission San Gabriel (T-AO-124)
  • USNS Mission San Jose (T-AO-125)
  • USNS Mission San Juan (T-AO-126)
  • USNS Mission San Luis Obispo (T-AO-127)
  • USNS Mission San Luis Rey (T-AO-128)
  • USNS Mission San Miguel (T-AO-129)
  • USNS Mission San Rafael (T-AO-130)
  • USNS Mission Santa Barbara (T-AO-131)
  • USNS Mission Santa Clara (T-AO-132)
  • USNS Mission Santa Cruz (T-AO-133)
  • USNS Mission Santa Ynez (T-AO-134)
  • USNS Mission Solano (T-AO-135)
  • USNS Mission Soledad (T-AO-136)
  • USNS Mission Santa Ana (T-AO-137)
  • USNS Mohawk (T-ATF-170)
    USNS Mohawk (T-ATF-170)
    USNS Mohawk is a owned by the United States Navy and was in service from 1980 to 2005 with the Military Sealift Command before being placed in reserve during 2005....

  • MV Montauk
    MV Montauk
    MV Kalia is a small double-hulled oil tanker managed by Adminros Shipmanagement Company, Ltd. and registered under the flag of Cyprus. The 109-meter-long ship has a nominal crew of 13 and can carry of oil...

  • SS Mount Washington (T-AOT-5076)
    SS Mount Washington (T-AOT-5076)
    SS Mount Washington is one of four Offshore Petroleum Discharge System tankers. The Mount Washington is one of the largest of the fleet - long, a beam of , and a fuel capacity of...

  • MV Nodaway (T-AOT-78)
  • SS Potomac (T-AOT-181)
  • USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166)
    USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166)
    USNS Powhatan was a United States Navy in service from 1979 to 1999.Powhatan was laid down on 30 September 1976 by the Marinette Marine Corporation at Marinette, Wisconsin. Launched on 24 June 1978, and delivered to the U.S...

  • USNS President Jackson (T-AP-18)
  • MV Sagamore
  • USNS Santa Barbara (T-AE-28)
  • MV Sea Mark III
  • USNS Sirius (T-AFS-8)
    USNS Sirius (T-AFS-8)
    USNS Sirius was a Sirius-class combat stores ship of the United States Navy, named for Sirius , the brightest visible star....

  • USNS Southern Cross (T-AK-285)
  • USNS Spica (T-AFS-9)
    USNS Spica (T-AFS-9)
    The USNS Spica was a combat stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1981. The Spica served the Navy fleet until she was deactivated in 2008.-Built in England:...

  • USNS Stalwart (T-AGOS 1)
  • USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15)
    USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15)
    USNS Titan was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.-History:...

  • MV TSgt John A. Chapman (T-AK 323)
    MV TSgt John A. Chapman (T-AK 323)
    Motor Vessel TSgt John A. Chapman is a Buffalo Soldier-class container ship. She is one of Military Sealift Command's seventeen container and roll-on/roll-off ships and is part of the 36 ships in the Prepositioning Program....


T-ACS

  • SS Keystone State (T-ACS-1)
    SS Keystone State (T-ACS-1)
    SS Keystone State was laid down on 23 January 1965 as the breakbulk ship, SS President Harrison, a Maritime Administration type hull, under Maritime Administration contract at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA. She was launched, 10 February 1965 and delivered to the American...

  • SS Gem State (T-ACS-2)
    SS Gem State (T-ACS-2)
    SS Gem State was laid down on 30 May 1965, as the breakbulk ship, SS President Monroe, a Maritime Administration type hull, under Maritime Administration contract at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, CA. She was launched on 10 February 1965 and delivered to American President...

  • SS Grand Canyon State (T-ACS-3)
    SS Grand Canyon State (T-ACS-3)
    SS Grand Canyon State was laid down on 20 March 1964, as SS President Polk, a Maritime Administration type hull under Maritime Administration contract at National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA. She was launched on 23 January 1965 and delivered to the Maritime Administration on 4...

  • SS Gopher State (T-ACS-4)
    SS Gopher State (T-ACS-4)
    The SS Gopher State was laid down on 26 July 1971, at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME. as SS Export Leader, a Maritime Administration type hull under Maritime Administration contract . She was launched on 8 July 1972 and delivered to the Maritime Administration, 22 January 1973...

  • SS Flickertail State (T-ACS-5)
    SS Flickertail State (T-ACS-5)
    SS Flickertail State is a crane ship in ready reserve for the United States Navy. She is stationed at Newport News, Virginia and is in ready reserve under the Military Sealift Command. The ship was named for the state of North Dakota, which is also known as the Flickertail State.The ship was...

  • SS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-6)
    SS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-6)
    SS Cornhusker State is a crane ship in ready reserve for the United States Navy. She is stationed in Newport News, Virginia and is in ready reserve under the Military Sealift Command. The ship was named for the state of Nebraska, which is also known as the Cornhusker State.The ship was built by...

  • SS Diamond State (T-ACS-7)
    SS Diamond State (T-ACS-7)
    SS Diamond State was laid down on 22 November 1960, as the container ship, SS Japan Mail, a Maritime Administration type hull, under Maritime Administration contract at Todd Shipbuilding, Los Angeles, CA. She was launched on August 1961 and delivered to the Maritime Administration, 19 April 1962...

  • SS Equality State (T-ACS-8)
    SS Equality State (T-ACS-8)
    SS Equality State was built 1961 as SS Washington Mail, a Maritime Commission type hull by Todd Shipyard, San Pedro, California. She was launched on 11 May 1961 and delivered to American Mail Lines, 2 January 1962. She was subsequently lengthened and converted to a container ship in 1971 at...

  • SS Green Mountain State (T-ACS-9)
    SS Green Mountain State (T-ACS-9)
    SS Green Mountain State was laid down on 2 December 1963, as the breakbulk ship, SS Mormacaltair, a Maritime Administration type hull, under Maritime Administration contract at Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc., Pascagoula, MS. She was launched, 20 August 1964 and delivered to the Moore-McCormack...

  • SS Beaver State (T-ACS-10)

T-AE

  • USNS Kilauea (T-AE-26)
    USNS Kilauea (T-AE-26)
    USS Kilauea was the lead ship of her class of ammunition ships of the United States Navy. She was named for Kilauea, the Hawaiian volcano....

  • USNS Santa Barbara (T-AE-28)
  • USNS Flint (T-AE-32)
  • USNS Shasta (T-AE-33)
  • USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
    USNS Mount Baker (T-AE-34)
    USNS Mount Baker is the seventh of eight s, currently in service with the Military Sealift Command. She is the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, and is named for Mount Baker, a volcano in the Cascade Range of Washington...

  • USNS Kiska (T-AE-35)
    USNS Kiska (T-AE-35)
    The USNS Kiska is one of five ammunition ships operated by Military Sealift Command, and one of the 41 ships in the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force. The ship was laid down on 8 April 1971 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS as the USS Kiska and was launched on 11 March 1972...


T-AFS

  • USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS-3)
  • USNS Concord (T-AFS-5)
    USNS Concord (T-AFS-5)
    USNS Concord became the first of five United States Navy Mars class combat stores ships to be transferred to Military Sealift Command on October 15, 1992. USNS Mars followed on February 1, 1993, USNS San Diego on August 11, 1993, USNS San Jose on November 2, 1993 and USNS Niagara Falls on...

  • USNS San Jose (T-AFS-7)
  • USNS Sirius (T-AFS-8)
    USNS Sirius (T-AFS-8)
    USNS Sirius was a Sirius-class combat stores ship of the United States Navy, named for Sirius , the brightest visible star....

  • USNS Spica (T-AFS-9)
    USNS Spica (T-AFS-9)
    The USNS Spica was a combat stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1981. The Spica served the Navy fleet until she was deactivated in 2008.-Built in England:...

  • USNS Saturn (T-AFS-10)

T-AG

  • USNS Hayes (T-AG-195)
  • MV VADM K. R. Wheeler (T-AG-5001)

T-AGOS

  • USNS Stalwart (T-AGOS 1)
  • USNS Assurance (T-AGOS 5)
    USNS Assurance (T-AGOS-5)
    USNS Assurance was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. ex-USNS Assurance...

  • USNS Audacious (T-AGOS 11)
    USNS Audacious (T-AGOS-11)
    USNS Audacious was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s...

  • USNS Capable (T-AGOS 16)
    USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16)
    USNS Capable was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s...

  • USNS Victorious (T-AGOS-19)
    USNS Victorious (T-AGOS-19)
    USNS Victorious is a Victorious-class ocean surveillance ship which was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1991 and assigned to the Military Sealift Command Special Missions Program.-Built in Morgan City, Louisiana:...

  • USNS Effective (T-AGOS-21)
    USNS Effective (T-AGOS-21)
    USNS Effective is a Victorious-class ocean surveillance ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1993 and assigned to the Navy’s Special Mission Program.-Built in Louisiana:...

  • USNS Loyal (T-AGOS-22)
    USNS Loyal (T-AGOS-22)
    USNS Loyal is a Victorious-class ocean surveillance ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1993 and assigned to the Navy’s Special Missions Program.-Built in Louisiana:Loyal was built by Mc Dermott Shipyards, Morgan City, Louisiana...

  • USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23)
    USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23)
    USNS Impeccable is an Impeccable-class ocean surveillance ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 2001 and assigned to Military Sealift Command’s Special Missions Program.-Construction:...


T-AGM

  • USNS Observation Island (T-AGM-23)
    USNS Observation Island (T-AGM-23)
    USNS Observation Island , also known as ex-MA-28, ex-YAG-57, ex-E-AG-154, Empire State Mariner, is the historic naval vessel that in 1969 launched the first Poseidon Fleet Ballstic Missile ever successfully deployed from a vessel at sea, earning the ship and crew the Meritorious Unit Commendation...

  • USNS Invincible (T-AGM-24)
    USNS Invincible (T-AGM-24)
    USNS Invincible , also known as ex-AGOS 10 , is one of two Missile Range Instrumentation Ships operated by the Military Sealift Command. One of the radars it carries is the Cobra Gemini dual band, X band and S band, radar....


T-AGS

  • USNS Maury (T-AGS-39)
  • USNS Waters (T-AGS-45)
    USNS Waters (T-AGS-45)
    USNS Waters is a United States Navy vessel tasked with supporting submarine navigation-system testing and providing ballistic missile flight test support services. In 2011, it was homeported in Port Canaveral, Florida.-Features:...

  • USNS John McDonnell (T-AGS-51)
  • USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60)
  • USNS Sumner (T-AGS-61)
    USNS Sumner (T-AGS-61)
    USNS Sumner is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship that became operational in 1997. It is the fourth United States Navy ship named Sumner.-External links:*...

  • USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-62)
    USNS Bowditch (T-AGS-62)
    USNS Bowditch is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. She is the third ship in the class. The USNS Bowditch is a part of a 29 ship Special Mission Ship program and operates in the South China Sea. She is named after Nathaniel Bowditch, generally regarded as the founding father of modern...

  • USNS Henson (T-AGS-63)
    USNS Henson (T-AGS-63)
    USNS Henson is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. It is the fourth ship in the class. Henson is named after Matthew Henson, who accompanied Robert Peary, most famously on an expedition intended to reach the Geographic North Pole in 1909.Henson participated in the search for the remains...

  • USNS Bruce C. Heezen (T-AGS-64)
    USNS Bruce C. Heezen (T-AGS-64)
    USNS Bruce C. Heezen is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. It is the fifth ship in the class. She is named after Bruce C. Heezen, who was the leader of the team from Columbia University that discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the 1950s. The ship was the first Navy vessel to be...

  • USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS-65)
    USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS-65)
    USNS Mary Sears is a Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship. It is the sixth ship of its class. Mary Sears is named after Commander Mary Sears of the United States Naval Reserve, who was instrumental in the development of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and is regarded as one of the...


T-AK

  • USNS Southern Cross (T-AK-285)
  • MV TSgt John A. Chapman (T-AK 323)
    MV TSgt John A. Chapman (T-AK 323)
    Motor Vessel TSgt John A. Chapman is a Buffalo Soldier-class container ship. She is one of Military Sealift Command's seventeen container and roll-on/roll-off ships and is part of the 36 ships in the Prepositioning Program....

  • SS Cape Girardeau (T-AK-2039)
  • MV Cpl Louis J. Hauge Jr. (T-AK-3000)
  • MV PFC William B. Baugh (T-AK-3001)
  • MV PFC James Anderson Junior (T-AK-3002)
  • MV 1st Lt Alex Bonnyman (T-AK-3003)
  • MV PVT Franklin J. Phillips (T-AK-3004)
  • SS Sgt Matej Kocak (T-AK-3005)
  • SS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK-3006)
  • SS Maj Stephen W. Pless (T-AK-3007)
  • MV 2nd Lt John P. Bobo (T-AK-3008)
  • MV PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009)
  • MV 1st Lt Baldomero Lopez (T-AK-3010)
  • USNS 1st Lt Jack Lummus (T-AK-3011)
  • MV Sgt William R. Button (T-AK-3012)
  • USNS 1st Lt Harry L. Martin (T-AK-3015)
  • USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat (T-AK-3016)
  • USNS GYSGT Fred W. Stockham (T-AK-3017)
    USNS GYSGT Fred W. Stockham (T-AK-3017)
    USNS GySgt. Fred W. Stockham is a container & roll-on roll-off support vessel in the United States Navy'sMilitary Sealift Command .The vessel is the second Navy ship named after Marine Gunnery Sergeant Fred W...

  • MV Maj Bernard F Fisher (T-AK-4396)
  • MV LTC John U. D. Page (T-AK-4496)
  • MV SSgt Edward A. Carter Jr. (T-AK-4544)
  • MV A1C William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK-4638)
    MV A1C William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK 4638)
    MV A1C William H. Pitsenbarger is a civilian-crewed, 621-foot container ship owned by RR & VO L.L.C. and operated by Red River Shipping Corp. of Rockville, Md, was under a five-year charter to MSC. The ship will preposition ammunition and supplies in Diego Garcia...

  • MV American Tern (T-AK-4729)
    MV American Tern (T-AK-4729)
    M/V American Tern is a container ship managed by APL Maritime, Ltd. Formerly the Liberian-flagged M/V Kariba, the vessel was renamed American Tern under the United States flag in 2002. Since then, the American Tern has been chartered by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command...

  • TS Enterprise (T-AK-5059)
  • MV Baffin Strait (T-AK W9519)

T-AKE

  • USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1)
    USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1)
    USNS Lewis and Clark is an American dry cargo ship, the lead ship of her namesake class. It was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark...

  • USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2)
    USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2)
    USNS Sacagawea , a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, was the third ship operated by the United States Navy to be named for Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who acted as guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and one of the few United States Navy ships named for women.The...

  • USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3)
    USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3)
    USNS Alan Shepard is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship in the United States Navy. She is named for astronaut Rear Admiral Alan Shepard....

  • USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4)
    USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4)
    USNS Richard E. Byrd is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship in the United States Navy. She is the second United States Navy ship to be named after polar explorer Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd ....


T-AO

  • USNS Mission Buenaventura (T-AO-111)
  • USNS Mission Capistrano (T-AO-112)
  • USNS Mission Carmel (T-AO-113)
  • USNS Mission De Pala (T-AO-114)
  • USNS Mission Dolores (T-AO-115)
  • USNS Mission Loreto (T-AO-116)
  • USNS Mission Los Angeles (T-AO-117)
  • USNS Mission Purisma (T-AO-118)
  • USNS Mission San Antonio (T-AO-119)
  • USNS Mission San Carlos (T-AO-120)
  • USNS Mission San Diego (T-AO-121)
  • USNS Mission San Fernando (T-AO-122)
  • USNS Mission San Francisco (T-AO-123)
  • USNS Mission San Gabriel (T-AO-124)
  • USNS Mission San Jose (T-AO-125)
  • USNS Mission San Juan (T-AO-126)
  • USNS Mission San Luis Obispo (T-AO-127)
  • USNS Mission San Luis Rey (T-AO-128)
  • USNS Mission San Miguel (T-AO-129)
  • USNS Mission San Rafael (T-AO-130)
  • USNS Mission Santa Barbara (T-AO-131)
  • USNS Mission Santa Clara (T-AO-132)
  • USNS Mission Santa Cruz (T-AO-133)
  • USNS Mission Santa Ynez (T-AO-134)
  • USNS Mission Solano (T-AO-135)
  • USNS Mission Soledad (T-AO-136)
  • USNS Mission Santa Ana (T-AO-137)

T-AOT

  • MV Nodaway (T-AOT-78)
  • SS Potomac (T-AOT-181)
  • SS Mission Buenaventura (T-AOT-1012)
  • MV Gus W. Darnell (T-AOT-1121)
  • MV Mission Capistrano (T-AOT-5005)
  • SS Mount Washington (T-AOT-5076)

T-ATF

  • USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166)
    USNS Powhatan (T-ATF-166)
    USNS Powhatan was a United States Navy in service from 1979 to 1999.Powhatan was laid down on 30 September 1976 by the Marinette Marine Corporation at Marinette, Wisconsin. Launched on 24 June 1978, and delivered to the U.S...

  • USNS Mohawk (T-ATF-170)
    USNS Mohawk (T-ATF-170)
    USNS Mohawk is a owned by the United States Navy and was in service from 1980 to 2005 with the Military Sealift Command before being placed in reserve during 2005....


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  • MT Montauk
    MV Montauk
    MV Kalia is a small double-hulled oil tanker managed by Adminros Shipmanagement Company, Ltd. and registered under the flag of Cyprus. The 109-meter-long ship has a nominal crew of 13 and can carry of oil...

  • MV Sagamore
  • MV Sea Mark III


See also

  • Military Sealift Command
    Military Sealift Command
    The Military Sealift Command is a United States Navy organization that controls most of the replenishment and military transport ships of the Navy. It first came into existence on 9 July 1949 when the Military Sea Transportation Service became solely responsible for the Department of Defense's...

  • United States Maritime Administration
  • National Defense Reserve Fleet
    National Defense Reserve Fleet
    The National Defense Reserve Fleet consists of "mothballed" ships, mostly merchant vessels, that can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping for the United States of America during national emergencies, either military or non-military, such as commercial shipping crises.The NDRF is...

  • United States Federal Maritime Commission
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