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USNS ''Alatna'', was a gasoline tanker specially constructed for service in polar regions, was launched on 6 September 1956 at Staten Island, New York, by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, sponsored by Mrs. Wilma Miles, and placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service in July 1957. Manned by a civil service crew, ''Alatna'' carried petroleum products from ports along the Atlantic and gulf coasts and in the Caribbean Sea to scattered American outposts in both polar regions. For more than 15 years, the tanker and her crew struggled against snow, wind, and ice to support American military bases in the Arctic and American scientists in the Antarctic. On 8 August 1972, ''Alatna'' was placed out of service and laid up with the Maritime Commission's National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California. The Alatna Valley in the Antarctic was named after this ship. ==References== * ( NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive T-AOG / T-AOT-81 Alatna ) Attribution * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USNS Alatna (T-AOG-81)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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