Not to be confused with USNS Point Loma (T-EPF-15), a Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship.
USNS Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) underway, date and place unknown.
History
United States
Namesake
Point Barrow, Alaska
Builder
Maryland Drydock and Shipbuilding Company
Yard number
Maritime Administration contract hull number 43
Laid down
18 September 1956
Launched
25 May 1957
Decommissioned
28 November 1991
Renamed
USS Point Loma (AGDS-2) circa 1974
Reclassified
Deep Submergence Support Ship cira 1974
Refit
June 1965
Stricken
28 September 1993
Identification
IMO number: 8835580
Fate
Scrapping completed by Marine Metal Inc, Brownsville, TX. on 27 October 2006
General characteristics
Class and type
Cargo ship dock
Displacement
10,320 tons (full)
Length
456 ft 6 in
Beam
74 ft 2 in
Draft
19 ft 4 in
Propulsion
Two steam turbines
Two propellers
Speed
15.3 kts
Complement
67
The USNS Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) was a one-of-a-kind "Cargo Ship Dock." She was the lone ship in her class, named for Point Barrow (the northernmost point in Alaska).
Point Barrow was laid down 18 September 1956 by Maryland Drydock and Shipbuilding Company of Baltimore; launched 25 May 1957; sponsored by Mrs. Ruthven E. Libbey; and delivered to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) 28 May 1958, where she was placed in service the following day. Especially designed for Arctic operations, Point Barrow was constructed along the general lines of a landing ship dock, but with strengthened hull and bow, and special insulation. After providing logistic support for U.S. forces in the Arctic, in 1962, Point Barrow transported huge fixed array radar antennas for the USS Enterprise and USS Long Beach to the East Coast.
After extensive modification in June, 1965 Point Barrow carried Saturn rocket parts and stages from California to Cape Kennedy for NASA’s manned space flight program. T–AKD–1 also ferried LCMs to Southeast Asia in 1968 and 1969. Reclassified a "Deep Submergence Support Ship" and renamed USS Point Loma (AGDS-2)circa 1974, she was ultimately placed out of service and struck from the Naval Vessel Register 28 September 1993. Custody was transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay in Benicia, California. Point Loma was scrapped by Marine Metal Inc. of Brownsville, Texas, on 27 October 2006.
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