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USNS Paul Buck (T-AOT-1122)
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MV Paul Buck (AOT-1122) (1985 - 2003)

AOT-1121 Champion Class T-5 Tanker:

Built in 1985 by American Ship Building Co., Tampa, FL. for Ocean Product Tankers of Houston, Texas, (Wilmington Trust Co.) for long-term lease to MSC

Delivered, 7 July 1985, and placed in service by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as MV Paul Buck (AOT-1122)

Purchases by the US Navy from Ocean Carriers in 2003, redesignated USNS Paul Buck (T-AOT-1122)

Returned to the Maritime Administration, 30 October 2010, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.

Specifications:
Displacement 39,624 t.(fl)
Length 615'
Beam 90'
Draft 24' 8" (mean)
Speed 16 kts.
Complement 24
Cargo Capacity 237,766 bbls
Armament none
Propulsion 1 Sulzer 5RTA 76 diesel; 18,400 hp sustained; 1 shaft

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	58k	*USNS Paul Buck* (T-AOT-1122)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	77k	*USNS Paul Buck* (T-AOT-1122)** seafarers earned praise for their efforts in Operation Deep Freeze 2005. Pictured near the vessel in Antarctic early in 2005 are (kneeling, from left) QMED Joseph Benevente, AB Dio Bermudez, (standing from left) Unlicensed Apprentice John Yi, AB Albert Wambach, AB Carlos Burroughs, Steward Norman Jackson, AB Carlos Machado Gomez, GSU Adolphus Young, DEU Romero Jomoc, GSU Ahmed Hussain, Chief Cook Nathalie Norie, Pumpman Micah Miller, QMED Orlando Pajarillo and Bosun Philip Corl. US Navy photo	Jack Treutle
	70k	*USNS Paul Buck* (T-AOT-1122)** under way, date and location unknown.	Photo by Peter Westdijk, the Netherlands
	76k	*USNS Paul Buck* (T-AOT-1122)** passing under the Golden Gate Bridge in bound San Francisco Bay, 6 October 2005.	Photo by CAPT. Jack C. Goldthorpe, USCG Ret.
0965112208	155k	The Swedish icebreaker *Oden* alongside *USNS Paul Buck* (T-AOT-1122)**, in Antarctica, 26 January 2010. Photo by Eli Duke. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. This image was originally posted to Flickr by elisfanclub at https://www.flickr.com/photos/80547277@N00/4342335842	Robert Hurst
	193k	*USNS Paul Buck* (T-TAO-1122)** moored at the ice pier, at Antarctica, 27 January 2007. Photo by Eli Duke	Robert Hurst
0965112210	49k	Operation Deepfreeze, Antarctica; *USNS Paul Buck* (T-AOT-1122), the icebreaker USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11)*, and the National Science Foundation-chartered scientific-research vessel/icebreaker RV Nathaniel Palmer, (in background), 31 January 2007. A public domain photo by Peter Rejcek an employee of a US Federal Agency*	Robert Hurst
0965112209	99k	*USCGC Polar Sea* (WAGB-11) moored outboard of USNS Paul Buck (T-AOT-1122) as Paul Buck offloads fuel stores for the station, at McMurdo, Antarctica, 3 February 2007, as part of Operation DeepFreeze. Polar Sea** had been in the area since the beginning of January to break the ice and clear a navigable channel for support ships. Coast Guard News. Operation Deepfreeze \| MCMURDO, ANTARCTICA- The Coast Guard … \| Flickr This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.	Robert Hurst
	549k	For more than 30 years, Military Sealift Command has participated in Operation Deep Freeze, the annual operation that re-supplies McMurdo Station in Antarctica. *USNS Paul Buck* (T-AOT-1122), right front, U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Polar Sea (WAGB-11)** , left front, research vessel RV Nathaniel Palmer, left rear, and Russian icebreaker M/V Krasin, right rear, arrive at McMurdo Station. Photo courtesy of M/V American Tern. Military Sealift Command Year in Review 2005	Bill Gonyo
	200k	*USNS Paul Buck* (AOT-1122)** 2007 Antarctic replenishment season photos.	Jack Treutle