SS Green Harbour explained

SS Green Harbour was a built in 1974, operated by the Military Sealift Command during Gulf War.^{[1] [2]}

Construction and commissioning

Green Harbour was laid down and launched in 1974 at Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, Louisiana. Put into service later that same year by the Maritime Administration for operation by Central Gulf Lines.^[3]

In 1991, the ship was chartered by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and commissioned into the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron 2, Diego Garcia, as Green Harbour (T-AK-2064).^[4] She took part in the Operation Desert Shield.^[5]

She was returned to the Central Gulf Lines after the contact with MSC was finished in 2001. The ship was sold for scrap in 2002.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Military Sealift Command Ships. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/http://www.usmm.org/msts/mscships.html . 11 February 2022 . live. 2022-02-11. www.usmm.org.
2. Book: All Hands. United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, United States. Navy Internal Relations Activity, Naval Media Center (U.S.). Publishing Division. Bureau of Naval Personnel. 2000. 992.
3. Web site: Cargo Ship Photo Index. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/13/132064.htm . 11 February 2022 . live. 2022-02-11. www.navsource.org.
4. Book: Navy Fact File. United States. Navy Department. Office of Information. Office of Information. 1987. III-38.
5. Book: W. Westermeyer, Paul. U.S. Marines in the Gulf War, 1990–1991. HISTORY DIVISION UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. 2014. Quantico, Virginia. 36.