SS Bellatrix

History
United States
Namesake	Bellatrix
Operator	United States Navy
Builder	Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V
Launched	1 February 1973
Acquired	13 October 1981
Identification	IMO number: 7236153; MMSI number: 368991000; Callsign: NHLL;
Honors &; awards	National Defense Service Medal; Southwest Asia Service Medal; Kuwait Liberation Medal;
Status	Ready Reserve
General characteristics
Class & type	Algol-class vehicle cargo ship
Displacement	55,355 tons (full)
Length	946 ft 2 in (288 m)
Beam	105 ft 6 in (32 m)
Draft	36 ft 4 in (11 m)
Propulsion	2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers, 875 psi (61.6kg/cm2); 2 × GE MST-19 steam turbines; 120,000 hp (89.5 MW);
Speed	33 knots
Capacity	700+ military vehicles (including trucks, tanks, and helicopters)
Complement	43 civilians, 12 military technicians (fully operational), 18 civilians (reduced operating status)
Armament	None
Aviation facilities	Landing pad

SS Bellatrix (T-AKR 288) is an Algol-class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force (RRF). She was built as a high-speed container ship by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke, Emden, West Germany, hull no. 430, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land Trade, USCG ON 545201, IMO 7236153. Due to her high operating cost, Sea-Land Trade was sold to the United States Navy in October 1981 as USNS Bellatrix (T-AK-288).

In keeping with the pattern of the naming the Algol-class ships after bright stars, the Bellatrix was named after Bellatrix, the third-brightest star in the constellation Orion.