SS Chesapeake
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Chesapeake.
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.
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SS Chesapeake (AOT-584) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Chesapeake |
Namesake | Chesapeake Bay |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel 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 |
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Fate | Scrapped 2021 |
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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 horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
Propulsion | Two Combustion Engineering boilers, 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 |
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