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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

T-LSV-9 Sea Lift / T-AKR-9 Meteor

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal -Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

Sea Lift Class Roll-on/Roll-off Cargo Ship:

Laid down 18 May 1964, as SS Sea Lift a Maritime Administration type (C4-ST-67a) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 124) at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction, Seattle WA.

Launched 17 April 1965

Completed 25 April 1967

Placed in service by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Sea Lift (T-LSV-9), 19 May 1967

Reclassified Vehicle Cargo Ship (AKR), 14 August 1969

Renamed USNS Meteor (T-AKR-9) 12 September 1975

Assigned to the Rapid Deployment Force in April 1980

Reassigned to Ready Reserve Force (RRF), 30 October 1985

Meteor was one of 31 Roll-on/Roll-off ships and one of the 55 ships in the RRF in the Sealift Office Program

When not activated Meteor was laid up at a layberth at Oakland, CA., in 10 day fully ready status (ROS-10)

Removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, 28 July 2006

AKR Specifications:
Displacement 9,154 t.(lt) 21,480 t.(fl)
Length 540'
Beam 83'
Draft 24'
Speed 17.9 kts.
Complement Full Operational Status 34
Propulsion two 600psi Combustion Engineering top-fired boilers, two De Laval Geared turbines, twin shafts, two General Electric main generators

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USNS Sea Lift (T-LSV-9)
	50k	Sea Lift (T-LSV-9) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
USNS Meteor(T-AKR-9)
	114k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	224k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) underway, date and place unknown.	William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain President, MSC Retiree Association
	87k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) main deck looking forward, while moored pierside at NSC Oakland, CA., date unknown.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	70k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) loading POVs at NSC Oakland, CA., date unknown.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	68k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) loading POVs at NSC Oakland, CA., date unknown.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	74k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) off-loading POVs at NSC San Pedro, CA., date unknown.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	98k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	114k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	136k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	66k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	80k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	91k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) moored pierside at Johnston Atoll during Operation Red Hat, July - September 1971.	John A. Ursillo
	68k	Meteor (T-AKR-9) underway off Johnston Atoll during Operation Red Hat, July - September 1971.	John A. Ursillo