SS Denebola (T-AKR-289)

USNS Denebola (T-AKR-289) in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 7 February 1994.
History
United States
Name	SS Denebola
Namesake	Denebola
Owner	United States Maritime Administration
Operator	Keystone Shipping Company
Port of registry	Norfolk, VA
Builder	Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V
Launched	1 November 1973
Acquired	27 October 1981
Identification	IMO number: 7325253 MMSI number: 367190000 Callsign: NDSP
Honors and awards	National Defense Service Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal Kuwait Liberation Medal
Status	Ready Reserve in Boston, Massachusetts
General characteristics
Class and type	Algol-class vehicle cargo ship
Displacement	55,355 tons (full)
Length	946 ft 2 in (288 m)
Beam	105 ft 6 in (32 m)
Draft	36 ft 4 in (11 m)
Propulsion	2 × Foster-Wheeler boilers, 875 psi (6,030 kPa) 2 × GE MST-19 steam turbines; 120,000 hp (89,000 kW)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Capacity	700+ military vehicles (including trucks, tanks, and helicopters)
Complement	43 civilians, 12 military technicians (fully operational), 18 civilians (reduced operating status)
Aviation facilities	Landing pad

SS Denebola (T-AKR 289) is an Algol-class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force (RRF). She was built as a high speed container ship by Rotterdamsche D.D.Mij N.V. in Rotterdam, Netherlands, hull no. 332, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land Resource, USCG ON 550723, IMO 7325253.^[1][2] Due to her high operating cost, she was sold to the United States Navy in October 1981 as USNS Denebola (T-AK-289).^[3]

In keeping with the pattern of the naming the Algol-class ships after bright stars, the Denebola was named after Denebola, the third-brightest star in the constellation Leo.