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SS Meteor (AKR-9)
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USNS Meteor (T-AKR-9) (1975 - 1985)
USNS Sealift (T-AKR-9) (1969 - 1975)
USNS Sealift (T-LSV-9) (1967 - 1969)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service 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Removed from MSC control, withdrawn from the RRF by reassignment to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, 28 July 2006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 DeLaval Geared turbines

two General Electric main generators

twin shafts

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USNS Sea Lift (T-LSV-9)
	50k	*USNS Sea Lift* (T-LSV-9)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
USNS Sea Lift (T-AKR-9)
	68k	*USNS Sea Lift* (T-AKR-9)** underway off Johnston Atoll during Operation Red Hat, July - September 1971.	John A. Ursillo
USNS Meteor (T-AKR-9)
	101k	*USNS Meteor* (T-AKR-9)** underway in harbor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	114k	*USNS Meteor* (T-AKR-9)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	224k	*USNS Meteor* (T-AKR-9)** underway, date and place unknown.	William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain President, MSC Retiree Association
	87k	*USNS 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	*USNS Meteor* (T-AKR-9)** loading POVs at NSC Oakland, CA., date unknown.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	68k	*USNS Meteor* (T-AKR-9)** loading POVs at NSC Oakland, CA., date unknown.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	74k	*USNS Meteor* (T-AKR-9)** off-loading POVs at NSC San Pedro, CA., date unknown.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	91k	*USNS Meteor* (T-AKR-9)** moored pierside at Johnston Atoll during Operation Red Hat, July - September 1971.	John A. Ursillo
	68k	*USNS Meteor* (T-AKR-9)** underway off Johnston Atoll during Operation Red Hat, July - September 1971.	John A. Ursillo
SS Meteor (AKR-9) MARAD RRF
	98k	SSMeteor (AKR-9) underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	114k	*SS Meteor* (AKR-9)** underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	136k	*SS Meteor* (AKR-9)** underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	66k	*SS Meteor* (AKR-9)** underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
	80k	*SS Meteor* (AKR-9)** underway, date and place unknown. MARAD photo	US Maritime Administration
10170916	345k	*SS Meteor* (AKR-9)** laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, CA., date unknown.	US Maritime Administration
091915103	148k	Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, CA., 24 July 2011. Ships visible are (l-r): *Ex-USNS Shoshone(T-AO-151); ST Mount Washington (T-AOT-5076); USNS Meteor (T-AKR-9); Ex-USNS Comet (T-AKR-7)* and unknown. Photo courtesy Earthpig. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license	Robert Hurst