Schuyler Otis Bland (AK-277)
| Schuyler Otis Bland AK-277 | |
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| Ship data | |
| Ship type : | Turbine general cargo ship |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Missouri |
| Technical specifications | |
| Measurement : | 8918 GRT ? NRT |
| Load capacity : | 10,516 dw |
| Length over all: | 145.70 m |
| Length between perpendiculars: | 137.20 m |
| Width over everything: | 20.10 m |
| Side height: | ? m |
| Max. Draft : | ? m |
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| Drive: | 1 × geared steam turbine on 1 fixed propeller |
| Machine power: | PS |
| Top speed: | 18.5 kn |
The Schuyler Otis Bland AK-277 is the only ship in the C3-S-DX1 series (Bland class).
history
The Schuyler Otis Bland was laid down on May 9, 1950 at the US shipyard Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation in Pascagoula , Mississippi. The launch took place on January 30, 1951, the completion on July 26 of the same year. Schuyler Otis Bland was the prototype of the C3-S-DX1 draft steam turbine powered cargo ships for the United States Maritime Commission (MACOM). After the takeover of MARCOM by the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) in 1950, the design was listed as C3-S-7a. The ship, named after Congressman Schuyler Otis Bland , entered service in 1951 and was one of the fastest cargo ships in the world when it was built. Nevertheless, with its design for a speed of 18.5 knots, it was 1.5 to 2 knots slower than the successor to the Mariner class , which was eventually built instead of the Bland class.
The only ship of the class was the Schuyler Otis Bland launched with hull number 458 . After the handover to the Maritime Commission on July 25, 1951, the Schuyler Otis Bland was delivered to the American President Lines on the following day in bareboat charter . After two trips around the world, it was sold to Waterman Steam Ship Corp. in accordance with a General Agency Agreement . passed on. On July 25, 1952, the C-3 freighter was launched in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Mobile . From 1957 to 1959 American Mail Line operated the ship as a replacement for the Washington Mail, which sank in a North Pacific storm . From October 1959 it was reissued, this time in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Olympia , Washington. On August 4, 1961, the Schuyler Otis Bland went to the US Navy, where it was assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service from August 28. It left San Francisco on September 28th for cargo to Bangkok, Saigon, Manila, Kaohsiung and other Pacific ports. During these voyages, the ship also transported the defoliant Agent Orange to Japan and later to Vietnam. On August 1, 1970, the Military Sea Transportation Service became the Military Sealift Command, which continued to use the ship now known as the USNS Schuyler Otis Bland (T-AK-277) until 1979 to transport military supplies worldwide. It was retired in 1979, sold for demolition on November 28, 1979 and scrapped in Kaohsiung that winter .
literature
- Harms, H .: New Standard Cargo Ships in the United States of America . In: Berendt, E. (Ed.): Journal of the Association of German Engineers . Deutscher Ingenieur Verlag, Düsseldorf 1953, p. 510 .
Web links
- Side of the ship (English)
- Side of the ship (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ Agent Orange 'tested in Okinawa' in The Japan Times, May 17, 2012
- ↑ Ship data in the Miramar Ship Index (English) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
