SS Chesapeake

SS Chesapeake (AOT-584)
History
United States
NameChesapeake
NamesakeChesapeake Bay
BuilderBethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Yard
Launched18 August 1964
Completed29 October 1964
Acquired15 December 1987 (by Maritime Administration
In service2000 with Military Sealift Command
Out of service3 February 2009
RenamedSS Chesapeake 22 July 1980 (used to be SS Hess Voyager)
Stricken30 November 2020
Identification
FateScrapped 2021
Notes
  • Served as commercial tanker SS Hess Voyager 1964–1980 and SS Chesapeake 1980–1987
  • Laid up in Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Fleet 1987–2000
General characteristics
TypeTransport oiler
Displacement
  • 14,977 tons (light)
  • 48,993 tons (full load)
Length736 ft (224 m)
Beam102 ft (31 m)
Draft39 ft (12 m) maximum
Installed power15,000 hp (11,000 kW)
PropulsionTwo Combustion Engineering boilers, two Bethlehem turbines, one shaft
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Capacity257,000 bbl (40,900 m3) of fuel oil
Complement37
NotesThe ship's integral offshore petroleum discharge system (OPDS) allows her to discharge her entire cargo from up to 4 nmi (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off shore

SS Chesapeake is a transport oiler that was in service with the United States Navy from 2000 to 2009. She was operated by Military Sealift Command.

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