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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Charlie - Zulu NPCZ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Armed Forces Service Medal (5)

Henry J. Kaiser Class Fleet Oiler:

Laid down, 16 October 1991, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.

Launched, 23 July 1994

Delivered to the Navy and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201), 21 June 1995.

USNS Patuxent, a double hulled tanker, is part of the MSC Naval Auxiliary Force, MSC Europe

Specifications:
Displacement 9,500 t.(lt) 42,382 t.(fl)
Length 677'
Beam 97' 5"
Draft 35' (max.)
Cargo Capacity 178,000-bbls
Speed 20 kts.
Armament none
Complement

Civmar

18 Officers

64 Merchant Seamen

Navy

1 Officer

20 Enlisted
Aircraft helicopter platform only;
Propulsion

two medium speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines

twin shafts, 16,000 hp per shaft

Size	Image Description	Source
71k	*USNS Patuxent* (T-AO-201)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
115k	*USNS Patuxent* (T-AO-201)** underway, date and location unknown. A copy of this photo is available from Atlantic Fleet Sales, Norfolk, VA.	Photo ©Atlantic Fleet Sales Submitted by Robert M. Cieri
81k	*USNS Patuxent* (T-AO-201) breaks away after an underway replenishment (UNREP) with USS Santa Barbara (AE-28)*. USS Santa Barbara* and USNS Patuxent were deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch when this photo was taken. US Navy photo # 980523-N-4541B-001 by PH2 Gloria J. Barry.	Bill Gonyo
32k	*USS Carney* (DDG-64) pulling away from USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201)** after refueling, Mediterranean Sea, 1999.	Bill Lair STG2(SW)
47k	*USS McFaul* (DDG-74) refueling from USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201)*, Mediterranean Sea, 1999. Photo taken from Carney* (DDG-64).	Bill Lair STG2(SW)
77k	*USNS Patuxent* (T-AO-201)** underway in the Middle East, 29 April 2002. USNS Patuxent was deployed at the time of this photo to support the multiple strike groups deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. US Navy photo # 020429-N-4441P-055 by PH2 MIchael J. Pusnik, Jr.	Bill Gonyo
46k	*USNS Patuxent* (T-AO-201) underway, July 2002, eastern Mediterranean Sea. Photo taken from USS Hue City (CG-66)**	Photo by Lt. Steve Dundas, CHC USNR USS Hue City
111k	*USS Saipan* (LHA 2) left, and USS Ponce (LPD 15) flank USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201)** during a simultaneous underway replenishment (UNREP), 21 September 2002. US Navy photo # 020921-N-6920A-001 by PHAN Latrice N. Ames, photo from Navy Newsstand web site.	Bill Gonyo
75k	*USNS Patuxent* (T-AO 201) moored astern of USNS Kanawha (T-AO-196)** at Malta Shipyards, ex Malta Drydocks.	Anthony Vella, Senglea, Malta
141k	Bow on view of *USNS Patuxent* (T-AO 201)** taken from HMS Ark Royal by Sean Tortora, Patuxent Chief Mate, date and location unknown.	Charles L. Tomkins
64k	*USNS Patuxent* (T-AO 201) underway in the Atlantic Ocean after completing an underway replenishment of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)**, 12 December 2007.	Photo by Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
414k	USS Nassau (LHA-4), the amphibious transport dock ship *USS Nashville* (LPD-13) and USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201)** steam in formation, 16 April 2008, during a transit through the Mediterranean Sea during Phoenix Express (PE 08). PE-08 is the third annual exercise in a long-term effort to improve regional cooperation and maritime security. The principal aim is to increase interoperability by developing individual and collective maritime proficiencies of participating nations as well as promoting friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation. US Navy photo # 080416-N-9855D-158 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 16, 2008) by MC1 James C. Davis	Robert M. Cieri
433k	*USNS Patuxent* (T-AO 201)** transits the Mediterranean Sea, 16 April 2008, during Phoenix Express (PE 08). PE-08 is the third annual exercise in a long-term effort to improve regional cooperation and maritime security. The principal aim is to increase interoperability by developing individual and collective maritime proficiencies of participating nations as well as promoting friendship, mutual understanding and cooperation. US Navy photo # 080416-N-9855D-055 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 16, 2008) by MC1 James C. Davis.	Lee Wahler
483k	*USNS Patuxent* (T-AO 201)** steams through the Baltic Sea during exercises supporting Baltic Operations (BALTOPS), 11 June 2008. BALTOPS is an annual international exercise involving 13 countries. US Navy photo # 080611-N-3396B-041 BALTIC SEA (June 11, 2008) by MC2 Mike Banzhaf.	Lee Wahler