Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

T-AK-290 / T-AKR-290 Pollux

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Mike - Victor - Golf
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 as SS Sea-Land Market at A.G. Weser, Bremen, Germany, (date unknown)
  • Launched, 1 May 1973
  • Delivered to Sea-Land Steamship Co., 1 September 1973
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1981
  • Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC)
  • Placed in service as Cargo Ship USNS Pollux (T-AK-290), date unknown
  • Redesignated Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Cargo Ship (T-AKR-290) in September 1982
  • Pollux (T-AKR-290) was one the eight Fast Sealift Ships in the Surge Force, assigned to MSC Atlantic
  • Pollux returned to MARAD custody in 5-day RRF status, 1 October 2007
    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 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 875 psi (61.6kg/cm2); 950°F (510°C); 2 GE MST-19 steam turbines; 120,000 hp, two propellers
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Source
    Commercial Service
    Pollux 48k SS Sea-Land Market arriving at Bremerhaven, Germany in August 1976. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    USNS Pollux (T-AKR-290)
    Pollux 144k Pollux (T-AKR-290) at anchor, off-loading vehicles and equipment, date and place unknown. MSC web site
    Pollux 45k Pollux (T-AKR-290) at anchor in the Bay of Gibraltar, 21 November 1995 Photo by Daniel Ferro
    Pollux 56k Pollux (T-AKR-290) at anchor in the Bay of Gibraltar, 21 November 1995 Photo by Peter Westdijk, the Netherlands
    Pollux 72k Pollux (T-AKR-290) moored at Norfolk & Western Railroad's Lambert Point Pier # O on the Elizabeth River, at Norfolk, VA., 13 May 2000.
    US Navy photo # 000513-N-4912M-022, by Don S. Montgomery, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.    		 Bill Gonyo
    There is no DANFS history available for Pollux (T-AKR-290) at Navsource
    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
    Back To The Main Photo Index Back To The Service Force Ship Type Index Back To The Cargo Ship (AK) Photo Index Back To The Vehicle Cargo Ship / Roll-on/Roll-off Ship (AKR) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
    © 2005 Gary P. Priolo © 1996 - 2008 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.
    Last Updated 21 December 2007