- SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4)
The SS "Curtiss" (T-AVB-4) is one of two "Wright"-class Aviation Logistics Support (Roll-on/Roll-off) Container Ships built for the
United States Navy in 1968. Originally laid down 1 April 1968 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. ofPascagoula, Mississippi as SS "Great Republic" under Maritime Administration contract (MA 222), the ship was launched 1 December 1968 and delivered to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 1 July 1969. Renamed SS "Curtiss" (T-AVB-4) on 14 May 1986, she was assigned to MARAD Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), MSC PM-5 Sealift Program Office, Logistics Prepositioning Force. "Wright" provides support for Marine Corpshelicopter s and is maintained in reduced status ROS-5 (five day reactivation status) atPort Hueneme, California .References
* cite web|title=T-AVB-4 "Curtiss"|work=Service Ship Photo Archive
url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/48/4804.htm|accessdate=June 19|accessyear=2007
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