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T-AF-50 Bald Eagle

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Bravo - Foxtrot
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Alstede Class Stores Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown), as a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 186) at Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 28 May 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1950
  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS Bald Eagle (T-AF-50)
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final disposition, scrapped in 1973
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,556 t.(lt) 13,893 t.(fl)
    Length 459' 2"
    Beam 63'
    Draft 25' 9"
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 64
    Armament none
    Propulsion cross-compound turbine, single propeller, 6.000shp
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    Bald Eagle 69k Bald Eagle (T-AF-50) underway, date and place unknown. Carl R. Friberg Jr., Master USNS Bald Eagle
    Bald Eagle 66k Bald Eagle (T-AF-50) moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany, , April 1963. Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus
    Bald Eagle 37k Bald Eagle (T-AF-50) underway with tug alongside, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for Bald Eagle (T-AF-50) at NavSource
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