SS Green Harbour was a Type C9-class ship built in 1974, operated by the Military Sealift Command during Gulf War.[1][2]

USNS Green Harbour
History
United States
NameGreen Harbour
NamesakeGreen Harbour
Owner
BuilderAvondale Shipyard
Laid down1974
Launched1974
In service1974
Out of service2002
HomeportDiego Garcia
Identification
FateScrapped, 2002
General characteristics
Class and type
Displacement
  • 28,500 t (28,050 long tons), standard
  • 49,152 t (48,376 long tons), full
Length893 ft 3 in (272.26 m)
Beam100 ft 0 in (30.48 m)
Draft40 ft 0 in (12.19 m)
Installed power
  • 1 × shaft
  • 1,100 psi (7,600 kPa)
  • 32,000 shp (24,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement24 mariners

Construction and commissioning

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Green Harbour was laid down and launched in 1974 at Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, Louisiana. Put into service later that same year by the Maritime Administration for operation by Central Gulf Lines.[3]

In 1991, the ship was chartered by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and commissioned into the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron 2, Diego Garcia, as Green Harbour (T-AK-2064).[4] She took part in the Operation Desert Shield.[5]

She was returned to the Central Gulf Lines after the contact with MSC was finished in 2001. The ship was sold for scrap in 2002.

References

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  1. ^ "Military Sealift Command Ships". www.usmm.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ^ All Hands. Bureau of Naval Personnel. 2000. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Cargo Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  4. ^ Navy Fact File. Office of Information. 1987. pp. III-38. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ W. Westermeyer, Paul (2014). U.S. Marines in the Gulf War, 1990–1991 (PDF). Quantico, Virginia: HISTORY DIVISION UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. p. 36.