REG - Many thanks

Mormacsky was one of four "Seabridge"-class cargo ships built for Moore-McCormack Lines in the late 1960s. They were originally intended for Mormac's run to the Baltic Sea, where it gets very cold, which is why these ships included a small heated cabin on the extreme bow for the bow lookout (clearly visible in the photo). However, Moprmac did not keep these ships long, and in 1970 they were sold to American Export, which renamed this one "Great Republic". In 1986 she was converted into a helicopter support ship and renamed USNS Curtiss (T-AVB-4), in which form she is still part of the reserve fleet.

These "Seabridge"-class ships were an unusual and extremely ambitious design that combined such diverse features as container cells, refrigerated cargo holds and roll-on-roll-off ramps. Unfortunately, the result turned out to be something of a case of "jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-none". although American Export operated them throughout the 1970s they were never truly competitive against newer and more specialized designs. Two of them were converted into Helicopter Support Ships ("USNS Curtiss" and "USNS Wright") and a third ("Cape Nome") is still in the reserve fleet in its' original cargo ship. configuration.

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Thanks Brent - not the very best of negs but it came out quite well.
Whaler bow!

Fantastic shot, wish could have been there
Cheers
Brent