SEALIFT CARIBBEAN T-AOT 174

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Sealift Pacific Class Transport Tanker Keel Laid July 1 1973 - Launched June 1 1974 Chartered to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) February 10 1975 USNS SEALIFT CARIBBEAN T-AO-174 Placed in service February 10 1975 USNS SEALIFT CARIBBEAN T-AOT-174 Reclassified Transport Oiler (T-AOT) (30 September 1978) Placed out of service April 4 1995 Struck from the Naval Register April 4 1995 SANTA CHIARA (Commercial Service) Sold for commercial service April 4 1995 to a foreign buyer and renamed BAP LOBITOS ATP-153 (Peruvian Naval Service) Acquired by Peru and commissioned May 7 1997. Operated as an oil tanker Decommissioned 20 July 2008 Broken up September 2011

 

Naval Covers

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1. USNS Sealift Caribbean T-AOT-174 Covers Page 1     (c 1980)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPS Machine Cancel Houston TX

c 1980's

N/A

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Other Information

USNS SEALIFT CARIBBEAN earned the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and south west, to the north by the Greater Antilles starting with Cuba, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and to the south by the north coast of South America.

 

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