Military Sea Transport Service, YUKON (T-AO-152) at Shell Mex& BP circa 1960
United States Navy Maumee Class tanker
Built 1956 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Owner: United States Navy
GRT 15627, DWT 25000
Length 187, beam 25 m
Single screw steam turbine 19 kts
1985 Navy Reserve Fleet; 1992 National Defence Reserve
BU 1995
MSTS tankers were regular visitors to Hamble in the 1960’s.