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USNS Bald Eagle (T-AF-50)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Bravo - Foxtrot NTBF

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Alstede Class Stores Ship:

Laid down, date unknown, as SS Bald Eagle a Maritime Commission type (C2-S-B1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 186) at Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, CA.

Launched, date unknown

Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 28 May 1943

Operated by United States Lines under GAA agreement, 28 May 1943

Chartered to Pacific Far East Lines, 4 September 1946

Operated by Black Diamond SS. Corp., under GAA agreement, 24 July 1947

Operated by American Hawaii SS. Corp., under GAA agreement, 27 July 1948

Laid up, 30 July 1948 in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Acquired by the US Army Transportation Service, 1 October 1948

Transferred the US Navy Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1 March 1950

Placed in service as USNS Bald Eagle (T-AF-50)

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 16 July 1970, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA.

Permanent title transfer to MARAD, 1 September 1971

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 June 1973, under MARAD contract PD-X-954 of 1 March 1973, for $75,666.66 to Andy International Corp.

Specifications:
Displacement 6,556 t.(lt) 13,893 t.(fl)
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 25' 9"
Speed 15.5 kts.
Complement 64
Armament none
Propulsion cross-compound turbine, single propeller, 6.000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service Black Diamond Line
	68k	SS Bald Eagle in the service of the Black Diamond Line, circa 1947-1948, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
USNS Bald Eagle (T-AF-50)
	69k	*USNS Bald Eagle* (T-AF-50)** under way, date and location unknown.	Carl R. Friberg Jr., Master USNS Bald Eagle
	66k	*USNS Bald Eagle* (T-AF-50)** moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany, , April 1963.	Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus
	37k	*USNS Bald Eagle* (T-AF-50)** under way with tug alongside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Robert Hurst
	24k	*USNS Bald Eagle* (T-AF-50)** under way date and location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
09065006	272k	Ex-*USNS Bald Eagle* (T-AF-50)** laid up, circa 1970, location unknown. Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum	Darryl Baker

There is no DANFS history available for Bald Eagle (T-AF-50) at NavSource

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