SIRIUS T-AFS 8

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.

Ness Class Combat Stores Ship Keel Laid April 1 1965 - Launched April 1 1966 RFA LYNESS A-339 (British Naval Service) Commissioned December 22 1966 - Decommissioned January 17 1981 RFA is Royal Fleet Auxiliary Purchased by US Navy January 1 1981 Sirius Class Combat Stores Ship USNS SIRIUS T-AFS-8 Renamed & Placed in Service January 18 1981 Placed out of Service July 1 2005 Struck from the Naval Register July 1 2005 Transferred to MARAD Custody assigned in 2005 to the Texas Maritime Academy to serve as training ship TS TEXAS CLIPPER III Conversion to a school ship canceled; custody returned to MARAD January 14 2009 Downgraded to non-retention April 28 2009 Scrapped at Brownsville TX on 30 May 2014

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1981)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) USS Thomas C. Hart FF-1092

1981-01-17

N/A

Last Day in Service as RFA LYNESS A-339, renamed USNS SIRIUS T-AFS-8, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

USNS SIRIUS earned three (3) Navy Unit Commendation Ribbons, two (2) Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbons, three (3) Navy Expeditionary Medals, the National Defense Service Medal, five (5) Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, the Southwest Asia Service Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A star of the constellation Canis Major that is the brightest star in the heavens, also called the "Dog Star".

There has been three ships in the US Navy named SIRIUS - USS Sirius AK-15, USS Sirius AF-60 and USNS Sirius T-AFS-8.

 

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