Sirius (T-AFS 8) Class: Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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RFA Stromness (A344) The British stores support ship RFA Stromness (A344) underway in the North Atlantic in January 1982. She soon became USNS Saturn (T-AFS 10). Photo No. DN-SC-87-05079 Source: NavSource and NARA RG-330 |
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USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) In essentially her British configuration before her U.S. 1983 AFS (Combat Store Ship) conversion. The British ships were not considered AFS equivalents until they received this conversion, which included the addition of a large helicopter hangar and many other upgrades. The white box on her signal bridge is probably a van containing communications equipment for the small Navy detachment on this civilian-manned ship. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USNS Saturn (T-AFS 10) In essentially her British configuration without a helicopter hangar before her Fiscal Year 1985 AFS conversion. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) Enroute to Norfolk, VA. in 1983 from Braswell Shipyard in South Carolina after her AFS conversion. Photo No. DN-SC-85-08582 Source: NavSource from Defense Visual Information Center, now NARA RG-330 |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS 9) Drydocked during her conversion to an AFS at Burrard-Yarrows, North Vancouver, Canada, circa April 1986. (A similar photo was dated 26 April 1986.) The conversion appears to be essentially complete with the new helicopter hangar in place. Photo No. None Source: NavSource, photo by Chris Howell |
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USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) After her 1983 AFS conversion, date unknown. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS 9) Underway in June 1988. Photo No. DN-SC-93-03456 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) Returning to her home port at Norfolk, Virginia on 18 September 1999 after putting to sea for safety until Hurricane Floyd passed clear of the East Coast ports. Photo by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret). Photo No. DN-SC-00-03611 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) Steaming alongside USNS George Washington (CVN 73) on 6 March 2004 during a vertical replenishment while operating in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. By this time the starboard forward station in all three ships had been refitted as a refueling station for escorts. Photo No. 040306-N-5319A-004 Source: NavSource and Wikimedia Commons from www.navy.mil (gone) |
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USNS Spica (T-AFS 9) Steaming alongside USNS George Washington (CVN 73) on 27 May 2004 during a vertical replenishment while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo No. 040527-N-2325K-005 Source: NavSource and Wikimedia Commons from www.navy.mil (gone) |
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USNS Saturn (T-AFS 10) Inbound from sea to Norfolk, VA., on 23 May 2007. Photo No. None Source: NavSource. Photo by Magogman. |
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TS Texas Clipper III The former USNS Sirius (AFS 8) moored pierside at Galveston on 7 March 2008 with a Texas-size seabird in the foreground. Her conversion to a merchant marine training ship was abandoned soon afterwards. Photo No. None Source: NavSource, courtesy Captain Peter of Sicily, Italy. |
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