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T-AOT-1124 Richard G. Matthiesen

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 1986 and placed in service by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as Richard G. Matthiesen (T-AOT-1124)
  • Richard G. Matthiesen (T-AOT-1124) is one of MSC's four Transporter Tankers purchases by the US Navy from Ocean Product Tankers in 2003
    Specifications:
    Displacement 39,624 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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    Richard G. Matthiesen 134k Richard G. Matthiesen (T-AOT-1124) at anchor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC web site
    Richard G. Matthiesen 70k Richard G. Matthiesen (T-AOT-1124) underway, date and place unknown. Photo by Peter Westdijk
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