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MT Courier (AOT-1007)

T6-M-98a Tanker:
  • Laid down, 25 January 1977, as MT Zapada Courier 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 Courier
  • Released by Ogden Product Tankers Inc., 2 March 1981, to Willamette Transport Inc.
  • Released by Ogden Courier Transport, Inc., 3 April 1981, renamed MT Courier
  • Chartered by the Military Sealift Command, 23 June 1986, placed in service as MT Courier (AOT-1007)
  • Returned to her owners, date unknown
  • Corporate name change to OMI Courier Transportation Inc., 24 June 1986
  • Transferred to OMI Courier Transportation Inc., November 1988
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 2003
    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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    Courier 192k MT Courier (AOT-1007) underway in the harbor at Genoa, Italy with tugs alongside. Photo by Carlo Martinelli
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