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USNS Samuel L. Cobb (T-AOT-1123)
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 MT Samuel L. Cobb (AOT-1123) (1985 - 2003)

AOT-1121 Champion Class T-5 Tanker:
  • Built in 1985 by American Ship Building Co., Tampa, FL. for Ocean Product Tankers of Houston, Texas, for long-term time charter to MSC
  • Delivered in 1985 and placed in service by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as MT Samuel L. Cobb (AOT-1123)
  • Purchased by the US Navy in 2003 from Ocean Product Tankers, redesignated, USNS Samuel L. Cobb (T-AOT-1123)
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 30 October 2010, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 41,500 t.(fl)
    Length 615'
    Beam 90'
    Draft 24' 8" (mean)
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 24
    Cargo Capacity 237,766 bbls
    Armament none
    Propulsion 1 Sulzer 5RTA 76 diesel; 18,400 hp sustained; 1 shaft
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    MT Samuel L. Cobb (AOT-1123) MSC Charter
    Samuel L. Cobb 1730k MT Samuel L. Cobb (AOT-1123) underway in the harbor at Genoa, Italy, 9 August 1985. Photo by Carlo Martinelli
    USNS Samuel L. Cobb (T-AOT-1123)
    Samuel L. Cobb 49k USNS Samuel L. Cobb (T-AOT-1123) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Military Sealift Command
    Samuel L. Cobb 82k USNS Samuel L. Cobb (T-AOT-1123) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge outbound for sea, 28 December 2006. Photo by CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret.
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