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UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

SEA LIFT vehicle landing ship (1967)

Sea Lift 1968

Meteor 1979

Meteor 2000

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
T-LSV9 Sea Lift   Lockheed, Seattle 18.5.1964 17.4.1965 19.5.1967 vehicle cargo ship T-AKR9 Meteor 8.1969

 

Displacement standard, t

11130

Displacement full, t

21700

Length, m

164.7

Breadth, m

25.3

Draught, m

8.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers

Power, h. p.

19400

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

none

Military load vehicles, cargo

Electronic equipment

TM1650, TM1660 radars

Complement

54

Project history: Ro-Ro vehicle carrier built for MSTS by C4-ST-67A design, laid down as AK278. In 1969 she was reclassified as vehicle cargo ship T-AKR9 and in 1975 renamed Meteor.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Meteor 1980

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