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Career |
![RFA Ensign](../../../../images/shared/thumb/a/a0/British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg/60px-British-Royal-Fleet-Auxiliary-Ensign.svg.png) ![USN Jack](../../../../images/shared/thumb/e/e5/US_Naval_Jack.svg/48px-US_Naval_Jack.svg.png) |
Ordered: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend as Yard Nr 2018 |
7 December 1964 |
Laid down: |
15 April 1966 |
Launched: |
28 February 1967 |
Commissioned: |
10 August 1967 |
Decommissioned: |
1980. Laid up at Gibraltar on 1 April. |
Fate: |
Acquired on charter by United States Military Sealift Command on 30 September 1981. Renamed USNS SPICA (T-AFS 9) on 5 November 1981. Purchased by USMSC on 30 September 1982. |
Struck: |
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General characteristics |
Displacement: |
16792 tons full load |
Length: |
523'04" |
Beam: |
72'03" |
Draught: |
25'06" |
Propulsion: |
1 x 8 cyl Sulzer diesel. |
Speed: |
17 knots |
Range: |
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Complement: |
110 RFA + 50 Stores Working Party |
Armament: |
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Aircraft: |
Fitted with a flight deck but no hangar facilities until purchased by USMSC. |
Motto: |
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RFA Tarbatness (A345) was a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
In the early 1980s the ship was bought by the United States.