SS ''Chesapeake'' is a transport oiler that was in service with the

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from 2000 to 2009. She was operated by

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Construction and commercial service 1964–1987

''Chesapeake'' was built by the

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Sparrows Point Yard at

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, Maryland, and delivered to the Hess Shipping Company on 29 October 1964. She entered commercial service with the company as the tanker SS ''Hess Voyager''. She was renamed SS ''Chesapeake'' on 22 July 1980. She is a near exact twin to her sister ship .

Ready Reserve Force 1987–2000

The U.S. Maritime Administration relieved Hess Shipping of ''Chesapeake'' under an exchange program on 15 December 1987. ''Chesapeake'' was then laid up in the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Fleet until 2000.

Military Sealift Command Service 2000–2009

''Chesapeake'' was activated for service in the

in 2000 as a transport oiler. Interocean Ugland Management Corporation of Voorhees, New Jersey, operates her with a civilian crew under contract to Military Sealift Command as a Common User Tanker as SS ''Chesapeake'' (AOT-5084). Other OPDS tankers are the , SS ''Petersburg'', and . ''Chesapeake'' was removed from service in 2009 and was scrapped on 19 April 2021 at

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Gallery

Image:US_Navy_060608-N-5526M-003_The_crew_aboard_the_Transport_Tanker_SS_Chesapeake_is_preparing_a_single_anchor_leg_moor_(SALM)_to_be_slid_over_the_side_of_the_ship_and_during_exercise_Delmar.jpg, ''Chesapeake'' amidships view of SALM Image:US_Navy_060608-N-5526M-001_The_crew_aboard_the_Transport_Tanker_SS_Chesapeake_is_preparing_a_single_anchor_leg_moor_(SALM)_to_be_slid_over_the_side_of_the_ship_and_during_exercise_Delmar.jpg, ''Chesapeake'' deck view of SALM Image:Placing_a_SLAM_-_081105-F-3456J-103.jpg, ''Chesapeake'' deploying SALM

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chesapeake (Aot-5084) Historic American Engineering Record in Texas Tankers of the United States Ships built in Sparrows Point, Maryland 1964 ships Chesapeake-class transport oilers Oilers