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USNS Sealift Pacific (T-AO 168) Probably shown as a new ship riding light. She had a black hull above the load waterline, dark gray boot topping between the load and light waterlines, and a red underbody. The forecastle and superstructures were gray. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (L-file) |
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USNS Sealift Pacific (T-AO 168) Probably shown as a new ship with a Moran tug assisting. Her tank deck is relatively clear compared to World War II tankers. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Sealift Antarctic (T-AO 176) Photographed circa 1976 with a black upper hull, gray upperworks, and a gray stack without the MSC seal, which was carried by most MSC ships between 1973 and 1985. The elimination of the midships deckhouse in tankers during the 1960s led to towering after deckhouses as seen here and in the AO 177 class. Photo No. NH 92962 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USNS Sealift Mediterranean (T-AO 169) In the harbor at La Spezia, Italy on an unknown date with her original black upper hull and gray upperworks. Photo by Carlo Martinelli. Photo No. None Source: NavSource |
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USNS Sealift China Sea (T-AOT 170) Shown in a photo donated in 1980 with a black upper hull, white upperworks, and the MSC seal on a stack that was white below the MSC stripes. Photo No. NH 91140 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USNS Sealift Pacific (T-AOT 168) Shown in August 1980 fully loaded with a black upper hull, white upperworks, and the MSC seal on a gray stack, as one of the first seven ships stationed at Diego Garcia as the new Near-Term Prepositioned Force (NTPF). USNS Mercury and Jupiter (T-AKR 10 and 11) and the chartered water tanker Zapata Patriot were also part of this force. Sealift Pacific was relieved at the end of 1970 by Sealift Atlantic (T-AOT 172). Photo No. USN 1179017 Source: Shipscribe |
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USNS Sealift Atlantic (T-AOT 172) In the U.S. Naval Shipyard, Pearl Harbor, on 31 July 1981 painted above the load waterline in Navy haze gray. Photo by Tim Barosa. A photo of Sealift Indian Ocean dated 27 December 1980 (NH 93725) shows her also painted gray. Photo No. None Source: NavSource |
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USNS Sealift Atlantic (T-AOT 172) Fully loaded, with a gray upper hull and superstructure, and showing the MSC seal on her stack. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Sealift Atlantic (T-AOT 172) A deck view of the ship showing its relatively uncluttered layout and a marking for a helicopter drop point. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Sealift Antarctic (T-AO 176) At the Naval Supply Center, Pearl Harbor, on 27 June 1986. She has a black upper hull, white upperworks, and a gray stack. Photo No. DN-ST-86-09588 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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USNS Sealift Arabian Sea (T-AOT 169) Underway in Hampton Roads on 23 July 1988. Her gray stack lacks the MSC seal, which was removed from most MSC ships in about 1985. Photo No. DN-ST-88-08288 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-330) |
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BAP (Peruvian) Lobitos (ATP-153) Ex merc. Santa Chiara, ex USNS Sealift Caribbean (T-AOT 174). Photo from a sale offer posted on 12 December 2010 by a broker in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo No. None Source: buy-sell-old-vessels-iron-scrap.blogspot.com/2010/12/two-vessels-for-scrap.html |
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