For other ships with the same name, see USS Spica.
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1 × diesel engine, 11,520 bhp (8,590 kW), single propeller
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement
123 Civilian, 47 Navy
Armament
None
Aircraft carried
2 × UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
USNS Spica (T-AFS-9), was a combat stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy from the United Kingdom in 1981. She participated in Operation Fiery Vigil to evacuate Clark Air Base personnel following the Mount Pinatubo Eruption in 1991. She served as part of the Military Sealift Command until she was deactivated in 2008.
Before her U.S. Navy career, Spica served the United Kingdom's Royal Fleet Auxiliary as RFA Tarbatness (A345).
USNSSpica (T-AFS-9), was a combat stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy from the United Kingdom in 1981. She participated in Operation Fiery Vigil to...
cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. USNSSpica (T-AFS-9), a Sirius-class combat stores ship laid down, 1 April 1965,...
was bought by the United States Military Sealift Command to serve as USNSSpica (T-AFS-9). "RFA Tarbatness". Historical RFA. 15 October 2008. Retrieved...
San Diego (AFS-6) USS San Jose (AFS-7) Sirius-class USNS Sirius (T-AFS-8) USNSSpica (T-AFS-9) USNS Saturn (T-AFS-10) For similar lists of 'miscellaneous'...
Royal Fleet Auxiliary to MSC in 1981–83: USNS Sirius on January 18, 1981; USNSSpica on November 5, 1981 and USNS Saturn on December 13, 1983. Five Navy...
MV American Condor, USS Niagara Falls, USNS Ponchatoula, USNS Passumpsic, USNS Hassayampa, USS Haleakala, USNSSpica, USS Cape Cod. (CNA, 1994, 113) Further...
USS Niagara Falls, USS San Diego, USS San Jose) Sirius class (USNS Sirius, USNSSpica) Fast combat support ships Sacramento class (USS Sacramento, USS Seattle...
On 1 January 1987, USNSSpica (T-AFS-9) and USS Catawba (T-ATF-168) were dry docked inside Resourceful. Later in the same year, USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS-26)...
Niagara Falls, USS San Diego, USS San Jose) Sirius class (USNS Sirius, USNSSpica) Sacramento class (USS Sacramento, USS Seattle, USS Detroit) Wichita class...
USS Conolly (DD-979), named for Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly USN, was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton...
rock ledge in an estimated 14 to 22 feet (5–7 m) of water. The salvage ship USNS Salvor made three unsuccessful efforts to pull Port Royal off the sandbar...
Wrecksite. Retrieved 7 November 2011. "General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10) USNS (+2009)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 18 September 2020. "Miracle of Life (+2009)"...
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