This is a list of Military Sealift Command ships. The fleet includes about 130 ships in eight programs: Fleet Oiler (PM1), Special Mission (PM2), Strategic Sealift (PM3), Tow, Salvage, Tender, and Hospital Ship (PM4), Sealift (PM5), Combat Logistics Force (PM6), Expeditionary Mobile Base, Amphibious Command Ship, and Cable Layer (PM7) and Expeditionary Fast Transport (PM8).
All MSC ships are divided into eight main categories according to program.Each category is further divided into subcategories according to ship type.
List of current Military Sealift Command ships
Fleet Oiler Program (PM1) Fleet Replenishment Oiler (T-AO) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (T-AO-187) (T-AO-188) To be removed from service 2025 (T-AO-189) To be removed from service 2023 (T-AO-194) (T-AO-195) (T-AO-196) (T-AO-197) To be removed from service 2026 (T-AO-198) (T-AO-199) (T-AO-200) (T-AO-201) (T-AO-202) (T-AO-203) (T-AO-204) (T-AO-205) (T-AO-206) Special Mission Program (PM2) Missile Range Instrumentation (T-AGM) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-AGM-24) (T-AGM-25) Navigation Test Support (T-AGS) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (T-AGS-45) Oceanographic Survey (T-AGS) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (T-AGS-60) (T-AGS-62) (T-AGS-63) (T-AGS-64) (T-AGS-65) USNS Marie Tharp(T-AGS-66) Pathfinder Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) Name Hull No. Class Photo NotesSea-based X-band Radar(formerly Moss Sirius)(SBX-1)n/aMobile active electronically scanned array early-warning radar station, based on a twin-hulled semi-submersible drilling rig.("Sea-based X-band Radar" is more of a designation than a traditional name) Ocean Surveillance (T-AGOS) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (T-AGOS-19) To be removed from service 2026 (T-AGOS-20) (T-AGOS-21) (T-AGOS-22) (T-AGOS-23) Submarine and Special Warfare Support (T-AGSE) Name Hull No. Class Photo NotesMV C Championn/aMV C Commandon/aMV C Ocean Tradern/aMV Malaman/aMV Delores Chouestn/aMV HOS Dominatorn/a(T-AGSE-1)(T-AGSE-2)(T-AGSE-3)(T-AGSE-4) Prepositioning Program (PM3)Air Force Container (T-AK) Name Hull No. Class Photo NotesMV Maj. Bernard F. Fisher (T-AK-4396)Container shipMV Capt. David I. Lyon(T-AK-5362)n/aContainer shipDry Cargo/Ammunition (T-AKE) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-AKE-1)RO/RO (Vehicle Cargo Ship)(T-AKE-2)RO/RO (Vehicle Cargo Ship)High-Speed Transport (HST) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-HST-1)Unnamed (ex-Puerto Rico)(HST-2)Contracted out to a civilian ferry serviceas of March 2016, photo is current livery Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) - (T-AKR) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-AKR-313) (T-AKR-314) (T-AKR-315) (T-AKR-316) (T-AKR-317) Maritime Prepositioning Force - Container, Roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) - (T-AK), (T-AKR) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-AK-3009) Dry Cargo/Ammunition(T-AK-3010) Dry Cargo/Ammunition(T-AK-3011) Dry Cargo/Ammunition(T-AK-3012) Dry Cargo/Ammunition(T-AK-3017)RO/RO (Vehicle Cargo Ship)(T-AKR-302)RO/RO (Vehicle Cargo Ship)(T-AKR-304)RO/RO (Vehicle Cargo Ship)(T-AKR-311)RO/RO (Vehicle Cargo Ship)(T-AKR-312)RO/RO (Vehicle Cargo Ship)Offshore Petroleum Distribution System (T-AG) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-AG-5001) VADM K. R. Wheeler n/a Crew boat/support vessel for VADM K. R. Wheeler Aviation Logistics Support Ship (T-AVB) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-AVB-3)(Prepositioning)(T-AVB-4)(Prepositioning) Service Support Program (PM4) Fleet Ocean Tug (T-ATF) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (T-ATF-168) To be removed from service 2023 Hospital (T-AH) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (T-AH-19) (T-AH-20) Rescue and Salvage (T-ARS) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (T-ARS-51) To be removed from service 2023 (T-ARS-52) To be removed from service 2024 Submarine Tender (AS) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (AS-39) (AS-40) Sealift Program (PM5)Dry Cargo (T-AK) Name Hull No. Class Photo NotesMV TransAtlantic(T-AK-5229)n/aT/B Sea Eagle(MB 1219)n/a Surge Sealift - Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) and Roll-on/Roll-off (RO/RO) - (T-AK), (T-AKR) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-AKR-300) (T-AKR-301) Long-term Charter Tankers (T-AOT) Name Hull No. Class Photo NotesMT Empire State(T-AOT-5193)n/aMT Maersk Peary(T-AOT-5246)n/aATB Galveston/Petrochem Producer(T-AOT-5406)n/aMT SLNC Pax(T-AOT-5356)n/aPetroleum Tankers (T5) (T-AOT) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-AOT-1125) Fleet Ordnance and Dry Cargo Program (PM6) Dry Cargo/Ammunition (T-AKE) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (T-AKE-3) (T-AKE-4) (T-AKE-5) (T-AKE-6) (T-AKE-7) (T-AKE-8) (T-AKE-9) (T-AKE-10) (T-AKE-11) (T-AKE-12) (T-AKE-13) (T-AKE-14) Fast combat support (T-AOE) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (T-AOE-6) (T-AOE-8) Afloat Staging Command Support Program (PM7) Command (LCC) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (LCC-20) Amphibious command shipExpeditionary Transfer Dock (T-ESD) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-ESD-1) Active, Reduced Operating Status(T-ESD-2) Active, Reduced Operating StatusExpeditionary Mobile Base (T-ESB) (sub-variant)----> Cable Laying/Repair (T-ARC) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes (T-ARC-7) Expeditionary Fast Transport Program (PM8)Expeditionary Fast Transport (T-EPF) Name Hull No. Class Photo Notes(T-EPF-5)(T-EPF-6)(T-EPF-7)(T-EPF-8)(T-EPF-9)(T-EPF-10)(T-EPF-11)(T-EPF-12)(T-EPF-13)(T-EPF-14)(T-EPF-15)under construction(T-EPF-16)under construction
Previous MSC Ships
USNS Assurance (T-AGOS-5) MV Atlantic Freighter USNS Audacious (T-AGOS-11) MV Baffin Strait (T-AK W9519)
USNS Bellatrix (T-AKR-288)
USNS Capella (T-AKR-293)
USNS Denebola (T-AKR-289)
MV SSG Edward A. Carter, Jr. SS Empire State (T-AP-1001) MT Evergreen State (T-AOT-5205)
USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo
MV LTC John U.D. Page
USNS Maury (T-AGS-39)
USNS Regulus (T-AKR-292)
HSV-2 Swift
MV Westpac Express (HSV-4676) (charter with US Navy ended January 2018)
See also Strategic Sealift Ships National Defense Reserve Fleet Ready Reserve Force ships United States Maritime Administration United States Federal Maritime Commission Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility
References
External links Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory by Program RRF Locations