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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USNS Perseus (T-AF-64)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Sierra - Sierra NYSS

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Denebola Class Stores Ship:

Laid down, 30 March 1945 as SS Union Victory, a Maritime Commission type (VC-2-S-AP3) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 683) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, OR.

Launched, 7 June 1944

Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 8 June 1945 transferred under a General Agency Agreement to Alaska Transport Co.

Bare bottom charter to Black Diamond SS Co., 28 June 1946

Transferred under a General Agency Agreement to South Atlantic SS Co., 21 October 1948

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont TX., 12 November 1948

Transferred under a General Agency Agreement to the Mississippi Shipping Co., 27 July 1950

Transferred under a General Agency Agreement to American Mail Line Ltd., 19 April 1952

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA., 26 May 1952

Transferred under a General Agency Agreement to American Mail Line Ltd., 25 September 1952

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA., 14 October 1952

Title transferred to the US Navy, 7 November 1961

Converted for Naval service as a Provisions Store Ship at Willamette Iron and Steel Co., Portland, OR.

Placed in service in September 1962 by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS Perseus (T-AF-64), date unknown

Place out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 June 1973

Returned to MARAD for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Title transferred to MARAD, 31 August 1973

Final Disposition, sold, 31 August 1973, to China Dismantled Vessel Trading Corp, Taiwan for scrapping at Kaohsiung

Specifications:
Displacement 4,960 t.(lt) 11,900 t.(fl)
Length 455' 3"
Beam 62'
Draft 28' 6"
Speed 16.5 kts.
Complement 56
Armament none
Propulsion geared turbine engine, single propeller, 8,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service Alaska Transport Co. Black Diamond SS. Co. South Atlantic SS. Co. Mississippi Shipping Co (Delta Line) American Mail SS Co.
	71k	SS Union Victory moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	90k	SS Union Victory under way, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
USNS Perseus (T-AF-64)
	395k	*USNS Perseus* (T-AF-64)** under way, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
USN 1069190	128k	*USNS Perseus* (T-AF-64)** under way, in San Francisco Bay, March 1963. US National Archives Photo #'s USN 1069190, USN 1069191 and USN 1069192	US Naval History and Heritage Command
USN 1069191	103k
USN 1069192	108k
	190k	*USNS Perseus* (T-AF-64)** under way, in San Francisco Bay, 29 August 1963. US National Archives Photo # USN 1126555	US Naval History and Heritage Command