SS_Denebola_(T-AKR-289)
SS Denebola (T-AKR-289)
US Navy Algol class cargo ship launched 1973
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.