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Description:
Containership “Sea-Land Commerce” off the Japanese coast, April 1975
Owner: Reynolds Leasing Corp., Wilmington, Delaware
Operator: Sea-Land Service Inc.
Flag: U.S.A.
Port of registry: Wilmington, Delaware
Builder: A.G. Weser, Bremen
Gross tons: 41,127
Deadweight: 27,289
Dimensions: 288.38 x 32.16 x 15.81 m
Max. draft: 10.388 m
Engines: 2 steam turbines, total 120,000 s.h.p., by General Electric Co.
Completed; March 1973
1981: sold to U.S. Navy, renamed USNS “Regulus” (T-AK-292)
1984 June: began conversion to vehicle carrier at National Steel & Shipbuilding, San Diego, California
1985 August: conversion completed; delivered to Military Sealift Command as USNS “Regulus” (T-AKR 292) (55,355 tons full load displacement)
2007: transferred to U.S. Maritime Administration
2008: placed in Ready Reserve Force fleet, losing “USNS” designation
Many thanks to Pieter Melissen who much-improved the quality of this photo that I posted yesterday!
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