MV Transpacific (T-1)

MV Transpacific (T-1)

Motor Tanker Transpacific
History
Owner	TransAtlantic Lines LLC[1]
Port of registry	New York[1]
Route	Japan, Okinawa, Marshall Islands, Korea
Builder	Çelik Tekne Shipyard[1]
Yard number	30
Laid down	December 29, 1999[1]
Launched	August 2, 2000
Completed	October 2000
Identification	Call sign: WDD4592 IMO number: 9217321[1]
Status	In service[2]
Notes	Originally ordered by Turcas Petrolculuk A.S.
General characteristics
Class and type	1A1 ICE-1C Tanker for Oil ESP E0[1]
Tonnage	3,469 GT[1] 5,500 LT DWT
Displacement	7,587 metric tons[3]
Length	109.1 m (358 ft)[1]
Beam	16.03 m (52.6 ft)[1]
Installed power	3 Yanmar 6N165L diesel generators[1]
Propulsion	2,000 hp (1,500 kW) MAN AG B&W model 8L27/38 high-speed diesel[3][1]
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[3]
Capacity	30,000 barrels[3]
Crew	13[3]
Notes	Has a controllable-pitch propeller and a tunnel-type bow thruster with 300kW of power.[3][1]

MV Transpacific (2006 - 2012), also known as Bonito (2002 - 2006), also known as Turcas II (2001 - 2002), also known as Nikolay Shalavin (2001)^[1] is an oil tanker under long-term charter to the United States Military Sealift Command (MSC).^[3] As part of MSC's Sealift Program, the Transpacific transports fuel for the U.S. Department of Defense.^[3] Small and having shallow-draft, the Transpacific is known as a T-1 equivalent tanker, and moves petroleum products intra-theater in between Japan, Korea and The Marshall Islands.^[3]

The Transpacific was chartered from November 19, 2006 to September 30, 2008 on a daily rate of $18,848 under contract number N00033-06-C-5409.^[4]