RFA Lyness (A339)
 USNS Sirius (T-AFS-8) underway, date unknown | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | RFA Lyness |
| Ordered: | 7 December 1964 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter |
| Yard number: | 2016 |
| Laid down: | 7 July 1965 |
| Launched: | 7 April 1966 |
| Commissioned: | 22 December 1966 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: A339 |
 United States
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| Name: | USNS Sirius |
| Acquired: | 1 March 1982 |
| Renamed: | Texas Clipper III, 2005 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ness-class combat stores ship |
| Displacement: | 16,792 long tons (17,061 t) full load |
| Length: | 573 ft (175 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 8-cylinder Sulzer diesel |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement: | 110 RFA + 50 Stores Working Party (RFA service); 130 civil mariners + 30 US Navy active duty + 30 aviation detachment (US service) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Furuno navigation and surface search radar |
| Armament: | 2 12.7×99mm NATO heavy MG, 2 7.62×51mm NATO GPMG when security detachment is embarked (US service) |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 CH-46 Sea Knight or MH-60S Seahawk (US service) |
| Aviation facilities: | Fitted with a flight deck but no hangar facilities until purchased by USMSC |
RFA Lyness was a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
On 15 November 1980, the ship was acquired by charter by the United States Military Sealift Command and renamed USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8). She was purchased outright on 1 March 1982. On 1 July 2005, she was renamed Texas Clipper III and was transferred to the United States Maritime Administration to become the Texas Maritime Academy's new training ship.
RFA Lyness (A 339) in PASSEX with HMS Intrepid and FGS Deutschland (A 59) in Bay of Biscay, June 1980
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