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T-AKD-1 Point Barrow
T-AGDS-2 Point Loma

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Sierra - Victor - Romeo
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Point Barrow Class Cargo Ship Dock
  • Laid down, 18 September 1956, under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 43) at Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched, 25 May 1957
  • Delivered to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 28 May 1958, for Arctic service
  • Placed in service as Point Barrow (T-AKD-1), 29 May 1958
  • Point Barrow also supported the Apollo space program
  • Reclassified a Deep Submergence Support Ship and renamed Point Loma (T-AGDS-2) circa 1974
  • Placed out of service (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 September 1993
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, scrapping completed by Marine Metal Inc, Brownsville, TX., 27 October 2006
    Specifications:
    Displacement 10.320 t.(fl)
    Length 465' 6"
    Beam 74' 2"
    Draft 19' 14"
    Speed 15.3 kts.
    Complement 67
    Armament none
    Propulsion (system unknown) twin screws
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    USNS Point Barrow (T-AKD-1)
    Point Loma 143k Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) underway, date and place unknown Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr,
    Master USNS Point Barrow
    Point Loma 65k Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) with her well deck submerged, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1960    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    Point Loma 44k Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) underway, date and location unknown..
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Point Loma 66k Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) underway, date and place unknown. Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr,
    Master USNS Point Barrow
    Point Loma 44k Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown. Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr,
    Master USNS Point Barrow
    Point Loma 102k Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown. Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr,
    Master USNS Point Barrow
    Point Loma 45k Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown. Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr,
    Master USNS Point Barrow
    Point Loma 60k Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown. Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr,
    Master USNS Point Barrow
    Point Loma 63k Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown. Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr,
    Master USNS Point Barrow
    Point Loma 101k Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown. Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr,
    Master USNS Point Barrow
    USNS Point Loma (T-AGDS-2)
    Point Loma 86k Point Loma (T-ADGS-2) underway, date and place unknown. Note flag hoist with ships call sign displaced. Richard Leonhardt
    Point Loma 61k Point Loma (T-ADGS-2) underway at San Diego, date unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Point Loma 81k Point Loma (T-ADGS-2) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Tom Langford
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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