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SS Algol (AKR-287)
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 USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) (1982 - 2007)
 USNS Algol (T-AK-287) (1981 - 1982)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Mike - Whiskey
 NAMW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Algol Class Fast Sealift Ship (Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Cargo Ship):
  • Laid down 1 November 1971; as SS Sea-Land Exchange at Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V., Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • Launched, 1 September 1972
  • Delivered to Sea-Land Steamship Co., 1 May 1973
  • Acquired by the US Navy in October 1981
  • Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC)
  • Placed in service as Cargo Ship USNS Algol (T-AK-287), (date unknown)
  • Redesignated Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Cargo Ship (T-AKR-287) September 1982
  • USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) was one of the eight Fast Sealift Ships in the Surge Force, assigned to MSC Atlantic
  • Algol was returned to MARAD custody, 1 October 2007, and berthed at Alameda, CA. in 5-day RRF status (ROS-5)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 29,692 t.(lt) 61,987 t.(fl)
    Length 947'
    Beam 106'
    Draft 37'
    Speed 33 kts.
    Complement 43 civilian mariners
    Armament none
    Propulsion
    two Foster-Wheeler boilers, 875 psi (61.6kg/cm2); 950°F (510°C)
    two General Electric MST-19 steam turbines
    twin propellers, 120,000shp
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    Commercial Service
    Algol 59k Sea-Land Steamship Co.'s.SS Sea-Land Exchange underway, date and location unknown.
    Photos courtesy www.photoship.co.uk/    		 Mike Hibbard
    USNS Algol (T-AKR-287)
    Algol 80k USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) underway at sea, 1984, probably while running her post-conversion trials.
    US Navy photo # NH 96657    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Algol 326k USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) in port Antwerp, Belgium, 1 September 1984 while unloading equipment during Exercise REFORGER '84..
    Department of Defense photo # DA-ST-85-12944 ANTWERP, Belgium (11 September 1984), a US Army photo now in the collections of Defense Imagery.mil    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Algol 54k USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Algol 168k USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Algol 32k USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) at Hampton Roads, VA., date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Algol 76k USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) at anchor, off-loading vehicles and equipment, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Federation of American Scientists web site
    Algol 72k USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC web site
    Algol 64k USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) in the Bay of Gibraltar, 4 October 1993. Photo by Daniel Ferro
    Algol 64k USNS Algol (T-AKR-287) underway, date and location unknown. Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this ship
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Fact File - Fast Sealift Ships - T-AKR
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    Last Updated 4 September 2009