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T-AK-282 Marshfield

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Marshfield Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down as Marshfield Victory a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 106) at Oregon Shipbuilding Company, Portland, OR.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Delivered to the War Shipping Administration in 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1968
  • Converted to provide support services for the advanced FBM bases at Holy Loch and Rota
  • Placed In-service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282) (date unknown)
  • Placed out of service, 23 October 1992
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 November 1992
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.
  • Title transfer to MARAD, 18 May 1995
  • Final Disposition, withdrawn from the James River Reserve Fleet for scrapping, 8 November 2005 subsequently scrapped by Bay Bridge Enterprises LLC, Chesapeake, VA. Scraping completed 30 June 2006. Note: Note: Bay Bridge was paid a combined $442,640 to dismantle the Marshfield and the Preserver (ARS-8)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,512 t.(lt) 15,589 t.(fl)
    Length 455'
    Beam 62'
    Draft 29'
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 99
    Armament none
    Propulsion cross compound steam turbine, single screw, 8,500shp
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    Marshfield 40k Marshfield (T-AK-282) moored pierside, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from MSTS Mariner Magazine    		 Carl R Friberg Jr
    Marshfield 95k Ex-Marshfield (T-AK-282) underway off Norfolk, VA. with help of a McAllister Towing of Virginia tug, 8 November 2005. Ex-Marshfield is headed for the breakers yard, at Chesapeake, VA. Photo by Mabel Clark
    There is no DANFS history available for Marshfield (T-AK-282) at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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