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SS Denebola (AKR-289)
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USNS Denebola (T-AKR-289) (1982 - 2007)
USNS Denebola (T-AK-289) (1981 - 1982)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Oscar - Sierra - Papa NOSP

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Algol Class Fast Sealift Ship (Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Cargo Ship):

Laid down as SS Sea-Land Resource at Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V., Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Launched, 1 November 1973

Delivered to Sea-Land Steamship Co., 1 December 1973

Acquired by the US Navy in 1981

Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC)

Placed in service as Cargo Ship USNS Denebola (T-AK-289), (date unknown)

Redesignated Roll-on/Roll-off Vehicle Cargo Ship (T-AKR-289) September 1982

USNS Denebola (T-AKR-289) was one of the eight Fast Sealift Ships in the Surge Force, assigned to MSC Atlantic

Denebola was returned to MARAD custody in 5-day RRF status, 1 October 2007

Specifications:
Displacement 29,692 t.(lt) 61,987 t.(fl)
Length 947'
Beam 106'
Draft 37'
Speed 33 kts.
Complement 43 civilian mariners
Armament none
Propulsion

two Foster-Wheeler boilers, 875 psi (61.6kg/cm2), 950°F (510°C)

two General Electric MST-19 steam turbines

twin propellers, 120,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	103k	*USNS Denebola* (T-AKR-289)** underway, date and location unknown.	MSC web site
095428908	701k	U.S. Military Sealift Command rapid-response vehicle cargo ship *USNS Denebola* (T-AKR-289)** tied up at the Norfolk and Western Railway Pier O at the Lambert Point Docks, Norfolk, VA., 12 September 1987. US National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID: NAID: 6434093 Local ID: 330-CFD-DN-ST-88-07985, US Navy photo by Don Montgomery	Robert Hurst
095428907	1336k	U.S. Military Sealift Command rapid-response vehicle cargo ship *USNS Denebola* (T-AKR-289)** underway in the Atlantic Ocean, 12 September 1987. US National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID: 6434096 Local ID: 330-CFD-DN-ST-88-07988, US Navy photo by Don Montgomery	Robert Hurst
	63k	*USNS Denebola* (T-AKR-289)** at anchor in the Bay of Gibraltar, 18 October 1993.	Photo by Daniel Ferro
0954028905	175k	*USNS Denebola* (T-AKR-289)** docked at the port of Mogadishu, Somalia, 7 February 1994, awaiting loading of US troops and equipment for redeployment back to the United States. U.S.Air Force photo DF-ST-96-00691 by Staff Sgt. James D. Mossman, US Air Force.	Robert Hurst
	53k	*USNS Denebola* (T-AKR-289)** moored, date and location unknown.	Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
095428906	160k	*USNS Denebola* (T-AKR-289) arrives at the Port of Busan, Republic of Korea, 12 October 1998. Denebola** was there to off-load equipment to be used for port operations in support of the annual defensive exercise "Foal Eagle '98." US National Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID: 6597600 Local ID: 330-CFD-DA-SD-03-08463, US Army photo by SSgt. Joseph Hamm Jr.	Robert Hurst
	404k	*USNS Denebola* (T-AKR-289) (outboard) with USNS Regulus (T-AKR-292)** (inboard) moored pierside at Baltimore, 2 June 2010.	Photo by Ramon Jackson