Former Royal Fleet Auxiliary Combat Stores Ships purchased by the United States Military Sealift Command (USMSC) Specifications 170crew 10205light (tn) 16880full load (tn) 159length (m) 22beam (m) 7.90draught (m) 18max speed (knots) 1Naval Engine diesel Aircraft Typical Max US Navy B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight 22 US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 02 US Navy SNIA SA330 Puma 10 List of Ships Filter: AllUS - US Navy .......... 3 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 19812005US NavyT-AFS-8USNS Sirius NPGA19812008US NavyT-AFS-9USNS Spica NMJG19832009 sunk 2010US NavyT-AFS-10USNS Saturn NADH3 units Events 1981-jan-18CommissionedCommissioned T-AFS-8 USNS Sirius 1981-nov-01CommissionedCommissioned T-AFS-9 USNS Spica 1983-jan-01CommissionedCommissioned T-AFS-10 USNS Saturn 1983-octRefitRefit T-AFS-10 USNS Saturn Added hangars to enable 2x Chinook operations. 1987-oct-22AircraftAircraft T-AFS-9 USNS Spica HH-46 152518 accident 1995AircraftAircraft T-AFS-10 USNS Saturn Mediterranean deployment 1995-96 with HC-6 Det 2 embarked. 2005-jul-01DecommissionedDecommissioned T-AFS-8 USNS Sirius 2005-jul-01Fate: transferedFate: transfered T-AFS-8 USNS Sirius to Texas Maritime Academy as Texas Clipper III 2008-jan-28DecommissionedDecommissioned T-AFS-9 USNS Spica 2009-apr-06DecommissionedDecommissioned T-AFS-10 USNS Saturn Deactivated 2010-oct-27Fate: sunkFate: sunk T-AFS-10 USNS Saturn sunk by sea and air assets of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group in a Sinkex off North Carolina