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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) in 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service USA Sea-Land SS.Co.
	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)
	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
	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
	54k	*USNS Algol* (T-AKR-287)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientists web site
	168k	*USNS Algol* (T-AKR-287)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientists web site
	32k	*USNS Algol* (T-AKR-287)** at Hampton Roads, VA., date unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientists web site
	76k	*USNS Algol* (T-AKR-287)** at anchor, off-loading vehicles and equipment, date unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientists web site
	72k	*USNS Algol* (T-AKR-287)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	109	*USNS Algol* (T-AKR-287)** at anchor in 1985, location unknown. US Navy photo	Ron Reeves
0954028715	183k	Left to right: *USNS Algol* (AKR-287)*, SS California (AK-5029)* and *MV Cape Lambert* (AKR-5077)** moored at Alabama Maritime Corporation Shipyard, Mobile AL.1 February 1992. U.S. Navy Photo by OS2 John Bouvia	Robert Hurst
	64k	*USNS Algol* (T-AKR-287)** in the Bay of Gibraltar, 4 October 1993.	Photo by Daniel Ferro
	64k	*USNS Algol* (T-AKR-287)** underway, date and location unknown.	Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
SS Algol (AKR-287) MARAD RRF
	93k	*USNS Algol* (T-AKR-287), the first ship to dock in Vigor Industries new $50 million dock, Vigorous** at Portland, OR., 25 November 2013	Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
	233k	*SS Algol* (AKR-287), right, SS Capella (AKR-293) and the auxiliary crane ship SS Grand Canyon State (ACS-3) are assigned to the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force, and are moored in Alameda, Calif. These steam ships are more than 40-years-old and are maintained to be ready for deployment in five days or less. Also of note is the museum ship USS Hornet (CVS-12)**.	Lee Wahler