SS Chesapeake
.jpg) SS Chesapeake (AOT-584)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | SS Chesapeake |
| Namesake | Chesapeake Bay |
| Builder | Sparrows Point Yard |
| Launched | 18 August 1964 |
| Completed | 29 October 1964 |
| Acquired | 15 December 1987 (by Maritime Administration |
| In service | 2000 with Military Sealift Command |
| Out of service | 3 February 2009 |
| Renamed | SS Chesapeake 22 July 1980 (used to be SS Hess Voyager) |
| Stricken | 30 November 2020 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped 2021 |
| Notes |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Transport oiler |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 736 ft (224 m) |
| Beam | 102 ft (31 m) |
| Draft | 39 ft (12 m) maximum |
| Installed power | 15,000 megawatts ) |
| Propulsion | Two Bethlehem turbines , one shaft |
| Speed | 14 knots) |
| Capacity | 257,000 barrels (40,900 m3) of fuel oil |
| Complement | 37 |
| Armament | None |
| Notes | The ship's integral offshore petroleum discharge system (OPDS) allows her to discharge her entire cargo from up to 4 nautical miles (7.4 kilometers) off shore |
The SS Chesapeake is a transport
oiler that was in service with the United States Navy from 2000 to 2009. She was operated by Military Sealift Command
.
Construction and commercial service 1964–1987
SS Chesapeake was built by the
SS Petersburg
.
Ready Reserve Force 1987–2000
The U.S.
Maritime Administration
relieved Hess Shipping of Chesapeake under an exchange program on 15 December 1987. Chesapeake was then laid up in the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Fleet until 2000.
Military Sealift Command Service 2000–2009
Chesapeake was activated for service in the
Voorhees, New Jersey, operates her with a civilian crew under contract to Military Sealift Command as a Common User Tanker
as SS Chesapeake (AOT-5084).
Other OPDS tankers are the
SS Mount Washington
. Chesapeake was removed from service in 2009 and was scrapped on 19 April 2021 at Brownsville.
Gallery
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SS Chesapeake, (T-AOT-5084), Chesapeake amidships view of SALM -
SS Chesapeake, (T-AOT-5084), Chesapeake deck view of SALM -
SS Chesapeake, (T-AOT-5084), Chesapeake deploying SALM
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References
- FM 10-67-1 CONCEPTS AND EQUIPMENT OF PETROLEUM OPERATIONS
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive: SS Chesapeake (AOT-5084)
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. TX-117, "Chesapeake, Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Jefferson County, TX", 6 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page