Ness-class combat stores ship

The USNS Spica

The Ness-class combat stores ship were a class of three Combat stores ships built by Swan Hunter for the Royal Navy's Fleet Auxiliary in the mid 1960s. They were purchased by the United States Navy in the mid 1980s and renamed Sirius-class. They served with the US Navy until the late 2000s when they were decomissioned.^[1]

References

Ness-class combat stores ships  Royal Navy Lyness Tarbatness Stromness  United States Navy Sirius class Sirius (ex-Lyness) Spica (ex-Tarbatness) Saturn (ex-Stromness) List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy