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词条 SS Antares (T-AKR-294)
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  1. Conversion

  2. Service

  3. References

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SS Antares (T-AKR 294) is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force (RRF). She was built as a high speed container ship by A.G. Weser in Bremen, West Germany, hull no. 1382, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. Baptized in Bremerhaven by Helga Wedekind, the ship was named SS Sea-Land Galloway, USCG ON 542200, IMO 7226897.[1][2] Due to her high operating cost, she was sold to the United States Navy on 16 April 1982 as USNS Antares (T-AK-294).[3]

In keeping with the pattern of the naming the Algol-class ships after bright stars, the Antares was named after Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius.

Conversion

Conversion began on 6 October 1982 at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her cargo hold was redesigned into a series of decks connected by ramps so vehicles can be driven into and out of the cargo hold for fast loading and unloading. She was also fitted with two sets of two cranes; one set located at midship capable of lifting 35 tons, and another set located aft capable of lifting 50 tons.[2] She was delivered to the Military Sealift Command on 12 July 1984 as USNS Antares (T-AKR 294).[4]

Service

When not active, Antares is kept in reduced operating status due to her high operating cost. If needed, she can be activated and ready to sail in 96 hours.[5] Antares took part in the Persian Gulf War in 1990. Along with the other seven Algol class cargo ships, she transported 14 percent of all cargo delivered between the United States and Saudi Arabia during and after the war.[6] In 1994, she was activated to carry supplies to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where Haitian and Cuban refugees were given safe haven by US forces.[6] She was activated in February 1999, and carried U.S. Army cargo to Rijeka, Croatia in support of the NATO peacekeeping mission Operation Joint Guard.[6] In 2004 she was used in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom for the transportation of military equipment between Kuwait and the United States. She carried the equipment for the entire 2D Armored Cavalry Regiment home at the completion of their mission.

On 1 October 2007, Antares was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration. On 1 October 2008, she was transferred to the Ready Reserve Force, losing her USNS designation.[6][7] If activated, Antares will report to the Military Sealift Command.[3]

References

1. ^Cudahay 206 p. 265
2. ^1 {{citation|url=http://navysite.de/akr/akr294.htm|title='USNS Antares (T-AKR 294)'|date=|accessdate=8 April 2009}}
3. ^1 {{citation|url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/inventory.asp?var=RRF|title=Ready Reserve Force Ships|date=|accessdate=8 April 2009}}
4. ^{{citation|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/54/540289.htm|title='Service Ship Photo Archive: SS Antares (AKR-294)'|date=|accessdate=8 April 2009}}
5. ^{{citation|url=http://www.nvr.navy.mil/stat_17.htm|title=Cargo – Fast Sealift – Support (FSS), Specialized|date=|accessdate=8 April 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514024341/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/stat_17.htm|archivedate=14 May 2011|df=dmy-all}}
6. ^1 2 3 {{citation|url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/factsheet/fss.htm|title='U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command: Fact Sheet'|date=December 2003|accessdate=8 April 2009}}
7. ^{{citation|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4700&tid=100&ct=4|title='Fast Sealift Ships – T-AKR'|date=22 January 2008|accessdate=8 April 2009}}
  • {{cite book| last= Cudahay |first= Brian J. |title=Box Boats: How Container Ships Changed the World |publisher= Fordham University Press |year=2006 |isbn=9780823225699}}
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