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T-AF-63 Asterion

Asterion Class Stores Ship: Laid down, 10 June 1944, as Arcadia Victory, a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at California Shipbuilding, Corp. Wilmington, CA.; Launched, 27 July 1944; Delivered to her operators, the American President Lines, 3 September 1944; Returned to the Maritime Commission in 1952 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.; Acquired by the US Navy, 7 November 1961; Renamed Asterion, and classified as Store Ship, AF-63, 4 December 1961; Converted for Naval service at Willamette Iron and Steel Co., Portland, OR.; Placed in service by MSTS as USNS Asterion (T-AF-63) in September 1962; Placed out of service, 8 June 1973, at Yokohama, Japan; Returned to the Maritime Administration for disposal; Sold, 31 August 1973, to N. W. Kennedy, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. Canada; Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 12,130 t.(fl).; Length 455' 2"; Beam 62'; Draft 28' 6"; Speed 17 kts; Complement 56; Armament none; Propulsion, steam turbine, single shaft, 8,500hp.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	23k	Asterion (T-AF-63) underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo		Gunter Krebs

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