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| Career |
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| Ordered: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend as Yard Nr 2018 |
7 December 1964 |
| Laid down: |
15 April 1966 |
| Launched: |
28 February 1967 |
| Commissioned: |
10 August 1967 |
| Decommissioned: |
1980. Laid up at Gibraltar on 1 April. |
| Fate: |
Acquired on charter by United States Military Sealift Command on 30 September 1981. Renamed USNS SPICA (T-AFS 9) on 5 November 1981. Purchased by USMSC on 30 September 1982. |
| Struck: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
16792 tons full load |
| Length: |
523'04" |
| Beam: |
72'03" |
| Draught: |
25'06" |
| Propulsion: |
1 x 8 cyl Sulzer diesel. |
| Speed: |
17 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
110 RFA + 50 Stores Working Party |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft: |
Fitted with a flight deck but no hangar facilities until purchased by USMSC. |
| Motto: |
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RFA Tarbatness (A345) was a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
In the early 1980s the ship was bought by the United States.
