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MV Gus W. Darnell (AOT-1121)

AOT-1121 Champion Class T-5 Tanker:
  • Built in 1985 by American Ship Building Co., Tampa, FL. for Ocean Product Tankers of Houston, Texas, for long-term time charter to MSC
  • Delivered in 1985 and placed in service by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as MV Gus W. Darnell (AOT-1121)
  • MT Gus W. Darnell (AOT-1121) is the only Transporter Tanker in the MSC's inventory that is on long term charter
    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
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    Gus W. Darnell 69k MV Gus W. Darnell (AOT-1121) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC web site
    Gus W. Darnell
    0965112102     		317k Starboard bow view of USNS Gus W. DarnellL (T-AOT 1121) underway, location unknown, photo dated 1 January 1985.
    US Navy photo DN-ST-86-0397, US National Archives and Records Identifier (NAID NAID: 6409383)    		 John Spivey
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