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MT Rover (AOT-1006)

T6-M-98a Tanker:
  • Laid down, 28 January 1977, as MT Zapada Rover for Zapada Leasing Corp., at Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., San Pedro, CA.
  • Delivered to Zapada Leasing, Corp., 27 February 1981
  • Leased to Ogden Product Tankers, Inc., 27 February 1981, renamed MT Ogden Rover
  • Released by Ogden Product Tankers Inc., 2 March 1981, to Ogden Rover Transport Inc.
  • Renamed MT Rover, 3 April 1981
  • Released by Ogden Ranger Transportation Inc., 15 November 1982 to Ogden Rover Transport Inc,
  • Chartered by the Military Sealift Command 24 September 1984, placed in service as MT Rover (AOT-1006)
  • Corporate name change to OMI Rover Transportation Inc., 24 June 1986
  • Returned to her owners, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 2004
    Specifications:
    Displacement 21,572 t. (lt)
    Length 711'
    Beam 84'
    Draft 34.r' (max)
    Speed unknown
    Complement 26 Contract Mariners
    Cargo Capacity 35,000 t. DWT
    Armament none
    Propulsionone medium-speed Diesel engine, single propeller
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    Rover 968k MT Rover (AOT-1006) moored pierside at Genoa, Italy, 8 January 1984 Photo by Carlo Martinelli
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