SS Antares information

	USNS Antares (T-AKR-294) taking on vehicles and equipment in Bremerhaven, Germany, during Operation Reforger '86.
History
United States
Namesake	Antares
Operator	United States Navy
Awarded	1 August 1969
Builder	A.G. Weser, Bremen
Launched	1 May 1972
Acquired	16 April 1982
Identification	IMO number: 7226897; MMSI number: 367185000; Callsign: NPEJ;
Honors and; awards	National Defense Service Medal
Status	Ready Reserve
General characteristics
Class and type	Algol class vehicle cargo ship
Displacement	55,355 tons (full)
Length	946 ft 2 in (288 m)
Beam	105 ft 6 in (32 m)
Draft	36 ft 4 in (11 m)
Propulsion	2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers, 875 psi (61.6 kg/cm2); 2 × GE MST-19 steam turbines; 120,000 hp (89.5 MW);
Speed	33 knots
Capacity	700+ military vehicles (including trucks, tanks, and helicopters)
Complement	43 civilians, 12 military technicians (fully operational), 18 civilians (reduced operating status)
Armament	None
Aviation facilities	Landing pad

SS Antares (T-AKR 294) is an Algol class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force (RRF). She was built as a high speed container ship by A.G. Weser in Bremen, West Germany, hull no. 1382, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. Baptized in Bremerhaven by Helga Wedekind, the ship was named SS Sea-Land Galloway, USCG ON 542200, IMO 7226897.^[1]^[2] Due to her high operating cost, she was sold to the United States Navy on 16 April 1982 as USNS Antares (T-AK-294).^[3]

In keeping with the pattern of the naming the Algol-class ships after bright stars, the Antares was named after Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius.

^ Cudahay 206 p. 265
^ 'USNS Antares (T-AKR 294)', retrieved 8 April 2009
^ Ready Reserve Force Ships, retrieved 8 April 2009

[1] Cudahay 206 p. 265

[navysite.de-2] 'USNS Antares (T-AKR 294)', retrieved 8 April 2009

[msc.navy.mil_2-3] Ready Reserve Force Ships, retrieved 8 April 2009

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History
USNS Antares (T-AKR-294) taking on vehicles and equipment in Bremerhaven, Germany, during Operation Reforger '86.
United States
Namesake	Antares
Operator	United States Navy
Awarded	1 August 1969
Builder	A.G. Weser, Bremen
Launched	1 May 1972
Acquired	16 April 1982
Identification	IMO number: 7226897 MMSI number: 367185000 Callsign: NPEJ
Honors and awards	National Defense Service Medal
Status	Ready Reserve
General characteristics
Class and type	Algol class vehicle cargo ship
Displacement	55,355 tons (full)
Length	946 ft 2 in (288 m)
Beam	105 ft 6 in (32 m)
Draft	36 ft 4 in (11 m)
Propulsion	2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers, 875 psi (61.6 kg/cm²) 2 × GE MST-19 steam turbines; 120,000 hp (89.5 MW)
Speed	33 knots
Capacity	700+ military vehicles (including trucks, tanks, and helicopters)
Complement	43 civilians, 12 military technicians (fully operational), 18 civilians (reduced operating status)
Armament	None
Aviation facilities	Landing pad