Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society
Description
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad facility in Searsport. At the pier is the Sealift/China Sea (AOT-170).
In 1975 the U.S. Navy contracted to charter a fleet of nine Sealift class tankers (including Sealift/China Sea), which were built for the Military Sealift Command (MSC).
The ships were leased because Congress would not appropriate the purchase price. The 20-year contract ended up costing more than twice what the original purchase price would have been.
The Sealift/China Sea was commissioned in 1975. It had an overall length of 587 feet, beam of 84 feet with accommodations for 13 officers and a crew of 23. It carried 200,000 barrels of jet fuel, diesel, and unleaded gasoline.
About This Item
- Title: Sealift/China Sea (AOT-170) at Searsport, ca. 1990
- Creator: Daniel Lee
- Creation Date: circa 1990
- Subject Date: circa 1990
- Location: Searsport, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 12 cm
- Object Type: Image
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- AOT-170
- B & A
- Bangor and Aroostoook Railroad
- BAR
- Congress
- diese
- GAO
- General Accounting Office
- jet fuel
- Military Sealift Command
- MSC
- Sealift class
- Sealift/China Sea
- Sealift/China Sea (AOT-170)
- tanker
- U.S. Navy
- unleaded gasoline.
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Oakfield Historical SocietyPO Box 176, Oakfield, ME 04763
(207) 267-1294
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