Potomac (T-AO 181) 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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SS Shenandoah Stern salvaged from Potomac (T-AO 150) in drydock at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. on 10 February 1964 before cutting off the destroyed section. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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SS Shenandoah Joining the rebuilt stern and newly-built forward section in drydock at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. on 23 October 1964. The after superstructure has been expanded to include the contents of the old midships house. Old stack retained. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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SS Shenandoah After being bareboat chartered by Keystone to MSTS on 11 Dec 1964 and before being renamed Potomac on 14 January 1976. As a chartered ship she has no MSTS markings. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Potomac (T-AO 181) During a 12-hour consolidation with USS Kalamazoo (AOR 6) on 18 May 1978. She has a black upper hull, gray and white upperworks, and the MSC seal on her stack. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Potomac (T-AOT 181) Photographed circa 1979 with a black upper hull. Photo No. NH 92960 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USNS Potomac (T-AOT 181) Photographed with the old tug Reid McAllister (renamed 1980) standing off. The tanker now has a gray upper hull, lighter gray upperworks, black boot topping, and a red underbody. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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SS Potomac In the MARAD Ready Reserve Fleet as Potomac with most of her major Offshore Petroleum Discharge System (OPDS) equipment on board less a few parts transferred to other ships. Note the MARAD RRF bands on the stack. Photo No. None Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/3959 |
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