Transport Tankers - T-AOT

Updated: September 22, 2003

No image available Description: SS Chesapeake is one of the two Military Sealift Command Prepositioning ships carrying petroleum products for the Defense Logistics Agency, that operates out of Guam and Saipan.

Features: SS Chesapeake and SS Petersburg are outfitted with offshore petroleum discharge systems (OPDS). The ship can deliver 257,000-barrel of JP-5 fuel from up to four miles offshore through its integrated OPDS.

Background: SS Chesapeake was built in 1964 and was acquired by MARAD in 1991. SS Petersburg was build in 1963 and was acquired by MARAD in 1994. These ships are maintained by the U.S. Maritime Administration and operated by IUM.

Point of Contact:
Office of Public Affairs
Military Sealift Command
Washington, DC 20398-5540
(202) 685-5055 or www.msc.navy.mil

General Characteristics: Chesapeake Class

Builder: Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Power Plant: 2 Combustion Engineering boilers; 2 Bethlehem turbines; 15,000 hp; 1 shaft
Length: 736 feet (224.48 meters)
Beam: 102 feet (31.11 meters)
Displacement: 49,100 long tons (49,885.6 metric tons) full load
Cargo capacity: 257,000 bbls. fuel oil
Speed: 15 knots (17.27 mph)
Ships:
SS Chesapeake (T-AOT 5084)
SS Petersburg (T-AOT 9101)
Crew: 37 civilians

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