SS Chesapeake (AOT-5084)
.jpg) SS Cheseapeake (AOT-584) | |
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | SS Chesapeake |
| Namesake: | The Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Yard, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Completed: | 29 October 1964 |
| Acquired: | 15 December 1987 (by Maritime Administration |
| In service: | 2000 with Military Sealift Command |
| Renamed: | SS Chesapeake 22 July 1980 (previously was SS Hess Voyager) |
| Status: | Active |
| Notes: |
Served as commercial tanker SS Hess Voyager 1964-1980 and SS Chesapeake 1980-1987 Laid up in Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Fleet 1987-2000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Transport oiler |
| Displacement: |
14,977 tons (light) 48,993 tons (full load) |
| 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 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 has been in service in the United States Military Sealift Command since 2000.
Contents
Construction and commercial service 1964-1987
SS Chesapeake was built by the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Yard at Baltimore, Maryland, and delivered to the Hess Shipping Company on 29 October 1964. She entered commercial service with the company as the tanker SS Hess Voyager. She was renamed SS Chesapeake on 22 July 1980 She is a near exact twin to her sister ship SS Petersburg
Maritime Administration 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-present
Chesapeake was activated for service in the Military Sealift Command in 2000 as a transport oiler. Interocean Ugland Management Corporation of Voorhees, New Jersey, operates her with a civilian crew under contract to the Military Sealift Command as a Common User Tanker as SS Chesapeake (AOT-5084). Other OPDS tankers are the SS American Osprey, SS Petersburg, and the SS Mount Washington.
Gallery
- Chesapeake salm1.jpg
SS Chesapeake, (T-AOT-5084), Chesapeake amidships view of SALM
- Chesapeake salm2.jpg
SS Chesapeake, (T-AOT-5084), Chesapeake deck view of SALM
- Chesapeake salm3.jpg
SS Chesapeake, (T-AOT-5084), Chesapeake deploying SALM
References
- FM 10-67-1 CONCEPTS AND EQUIPMENT OF PETROLEUM OPERATIONS
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive: SS Chesapeake (AOT-5084)
