USNS Rollins (T-AG-189)

History


Name:	SS High Point Victory
Builder:	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Laid down:	10 July 1945
Launched:	6 September 1945
In service:	28 September 1945
Fate:	Scrapped, 1993
General characteristics ^[1]
Type:	Type VC2-S-AP2 Victory ship
Displacement:	4,512 long tons (4,584 t) light 15,589 long tons (15,839 t) full load
Length:	455 ft (139 m)
Beam:	62 ft (19 m)
Draft:	29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion:	Cross-compound steam turbine 8,500 shp (6,338 kW) Single screw
Speed:	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)

USNS Rollins (T-AG-189) was one of 12 ships scheduled to be acquired by the United States Navy in February 1966 and converted into Forward Depot Ships and placed into service with the Military Sea Transport Service, The High Point Victory (MCV-851) was chosen for this conversion and assigned the name Rollins but the program was canceled and the ships were not acquired by the Navy.

References

↑ Priolo, Gary P. (2010). "Miscellaneous Auxiliary Rollins (T-AG-189)". navsource.org. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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