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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USNS Point Loma (T-AGDS-2)
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USNS Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) (1958 - 1974)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Sierra - Victor - Romeo NSVR

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 unknown, twin propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USNS Point Barrow (T-AKD-1)
	143k	*USNS Point Barrow* (T-AKD-1)** underway, date and location unknown	Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr, Master USNS Point Barrow
	65k	*USNS Point Barrow* (T-AKD-1)** with her well deck submerged, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, May 1960	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
	44k	*USNS Point Barrow* (T-AKD-1)** underway, date and location unknown.. US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	66k	*USNS Point Barrow* (T-AKD-1)** underway, date and location unknown.	Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr, Master USNS Point Barrow
	348k	*USNS Point Barrow* (T-AKD-1)** at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	44k	*USNS Point Barrow* (T-AKD-1)** in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown.	Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr, Master USNS Point Barrow
	102k	*USNS Point Barrow* (T-AKD-1)** in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown.	Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr, Master USNS Point Barrow
	45k	*USNS Point Barrow* (T-AKD-1)** in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown.	Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr, Master USNS Point Barrow
	60k	*USNS Point Barrow* (T-AKD-1)** in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown.	Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr, Master USNS Point Barrow
	63k	*USNS Point Barrow* (T-AKD-1)** in port, Terminal Island, CA, date unknown.	Photo by Capt. Carl R. Friberg Jr, Master USNS Point Barrow
	101k	*USNS 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)
	86k	*USNS Point Loma* (T-AGDS-2)** underway, date and location unknown. Note flag hoist with ships call sign displayed.	Richard Leonhardt
	61k	*USNS Point Loma* (T-AGDS-2)** underway at San Diego, date unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	81k	*USNS Point Loma* (T-AGDS-2)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Tom Langford
	57k	*USNS Point Loma* (T-AGDS-2)** underway in San Diego Bay, circa mid-1980.	Photo by Richard Stiles