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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

SS Antares (AKR-294)
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USNS Antares (T-AKR-294) (1983 - 2007)
USNS Antares (T-AK-294) (1981 - 1983)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Echo - Juliet NPEJ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal

Algol Class (Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle) Cargo Ship:

Laid down, date unknown, as SS Sea-Land Galloway at A.G. Weser, Bremen, Germany

Launched, 1 May 1972

Delivered to Sea-Land in 1 September 1972

Acquired by the US Navy, 16 April 1982

Assigned to MSC as USNS Antares (T-AK-294)

Delivered, 6 October 1982, to Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, LA. for conversion to naval service

Redesignated Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Cargo Ship (T-AKR-294), 10 September 1982

Delivered to the Military Sealift Command, 12 July 1984

USNS Antares (T-AKR-294) was one of the eight Fast Sealift Ships in the Surge Force, assigned to MSC Atlantic

Returned to MARAD, custody, 1 October 2007, redesignated SS Antares

Specifications:
Displacement 29,692 t.(lt) 61,987 t.(fl)
Length 947'
Beam 106'
Draft 34' 10"
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
Commercial Service
	443k	Newspaper photo of Sea-Land Steamship Co.'s.SS Sea-Land Galloway fitting out at Bremen, Germany in 1972.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
	53k	SS Sea-Land Galloway underway, date and location unknown. Photos courtesy www.photoship.co.uk/	Mike Hibbard
USNS Antares (T-AKR-294)
	247k	Rechristened *USNS Antares* (T-AKR-294)**, 12 July 1984, by Mrs. Wallace H. Nutting, wife of General Nutting, USA	Dale Hargrave
	144k	*USNS Antares* (T-AKR-294)** loading government cargo, date and location unknown.	MSC web site
	201k	*USNS Antares* (T-AKR-294)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	MSC web site
	1432k	*USNS Antares* (T-AKR-294)** taking on vehicles and equipment in Bremerhaven, Germany, during Operation "Reforger 86", 9 February 1986. Department of Defense photo # DA-SC-87-04275, a US Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of Defense Imagery	Robert Hurst
	671k	M-60 main battle tanks are lined up in the staging area at the Dundalk Marine Terminal, Baltimore, MD., 20 February 1986 after being offloaded from *USNS Antares* (T-AKR-294)** in background. The tanks were used by the 32nd Separate Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Wisconsin Army National Guard, during Exercise REFORGER '86. Photo taken by Nathaniel McBride. dod.osd.mil ID: DA-ST-8704189	Robert Hurst
	33k	A US Coast Guard patrol boat passes under the stern of *USNS Antares* (T-AKR-294) while moored pierside at Savannah, GA., 1 August 1990. Antares** was being loaded with equipment for deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. USCG United States Coast Guard Photo.	Tommy Trampp
	244k	*USNS Antares* (T-AKR-294) and USNS Capella (T-AK-293)** moored in their berths at the inner harbor at Baltimore, MD., 1994.	Photos by Cody Shaffer
	238k		Photos by Cody Shaffer
	65k	*USNS Antares* (T-AKR-294)** at anchor in the Bay of Gibraltar, 12 September 1995.	Photo by Daniel Ferro
	116k	*USNS Antares* (T-AKR-294)** moored pierside at Charleston, S.C. while loading out in support of the Gulf war, June 2005.	Jack Treutle
	41k	*USNS Antares* (T-AKR-294)** underway, date and location unknown.	Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands