From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
LB2007.1.111440
USNS Blue Jacket (T-AF-51) Possibly Penobscot Bay Alstede Class Stores Ship: Laid down, 23 October 1941, as SS Blue Jacket a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 183) at Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA. Launched, 14 February 1942 Delivered to her operators, United Fruit Co., 25 March 1943 Returned to the Maritime Commission for charter to Pacific Far East Lines, 9 September 1946 Returned to the Maritime Commission for charter to Black Diamond SS Corp., 9 July 1947 Returned to the Maritime Commission for charter to the War Department at New York, 1 October 1948 and Commissioned USAT Blue Jacket Acquired by the US Navy from the US Army Transportation Service, 1 March 1950 Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS Blue Jacket (T-AF-51) Placed out of service, 19 August 1970 and transferred, temporary custody, to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA. Transferred, 1 September 1971, permanent custody to MARAD Struck from the Naval Register, 19 October 1971 Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 March 1973, to Andy International, Inc., Houston, TX. ________________________________________ Specifications: Displacement 6,239 t.(lt) 13,893 t.(fl) Length 459' 2" Beam 63' Draft 25' 9" Speed 15.5 kts. Complement 55 Largest Boom Capacity 50 t. Cargo Capacity 7,800DWT Fuel Capacity NSFO 18,575 Bbls Propulsion: (1) Westinghouse cross compound steam turbine (2) Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 525 psi 750° double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears (2) turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators single propeller, 6,000shp
