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USNS Private Leonard C. Brostrom
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USNS Private Leonard C. Brostrom (T-AK–255) was a cargo ship for the United States Navy that was converted into a heavy lift cargo ship in the early 1950s. She was built in 1943 for the United States Maritime Commission as SS Marine Eagle, a Type C4-S-B1 tank carrier, by Sun Shipbuilding during World War II. In 1948, she was transferred to the United States Army as USAT Private Leonard C. Brostrom after Leonard C. Brostrom, a recipient of the Medal of Honor. In 1950, the ship was transferred to the Military Sea Transport Service of the U.S. Navy as a United States Naval Ship staffed by a civilian crew. After ending her naval service, she entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet in October 1980 and was sold for scrapping in June 1982.
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Name | SS Marine Eagle |
Owner | United States Maritime Commission |
Operator | American Hawaiian Steamship Company |
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Builder | |
Yard number | 340 |
Laid down | 5 December 1942 |
Launched | 10 May 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. R. M. Stevenson |
Completed | 18 September 1943 |
Out of service | 29 October 1946 |
Fate | laid up in NDRF, October 1946 |
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Name | USAT Private Leonard C. Brostrom |
Namesake | Leonard C. Brostrom |
Acquired | 27 March 1948 |
Out of service | 3 March 1950 |
Fate | laid up in NDRF, Match 1950 |
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Name | USNS Private Leonard C. Brostrom |
Acquired | 27 March 1948 |
Out of service | 1980 |
Fate | laid up in NDRF, May 1980; sold for scrapping, June 1982 |
General characteristics (as USNS Private Leonard C. Brostrom) | |
Type | Type C4-S-B1 ship |
Displacement | 22,094 long tons (22,449 t) (full) |
Length | 520 ft (160 m) |
Beam | 72 ft (22 m) |
Draft | 33 ft (10 m) |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
Complement | 51 |
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