The ''Maersk Peary'' is a
tanker, operated by the shipping firm
Maersk Line
Maersk Line or Maersk SeaLand is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of the Maersk Group, a Danish business conglomerate. Founded in 1928, it is the world's largest container shipping company by ...
, that was designed for working in the polar regions.
History
She was built in 2004 by
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Jinhae-gu
Jinhae-gu (Hangul: 진해구, Hanja: 鎭海區) is a district in Changwon City, South Korea. This region is served by the Korean National Railroad, and is famous for its annual cherry blossom festival every spring.
The city front is on a shelter ...
,
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
,
[ originally with a red hull and registered in Norway as the MT ''Jutul''.]Thule AFB
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, in Greenland and McMurdo Station
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, in Antarctica
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, and the ''Maersk Peary'' was reflagged as an American vessel and painted blue, sailing with an American crew.Military Sealift Command
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.
Images
USAF_Rising_Star,_used_during_the_2_months_a_year_Thule,_AFB's_port_is_open_--_130925-F-ZZ999-006.JPG, USAF Rising Star pushing the ''Maersk Peary'' at Thule AFB
Pituffik Space Base ( ; ) , formerly Thule Air Base ( or ), is the United States Space Force's northernmost base, and the northernmost installation of the U.S. Armed Forces, located north of the Arctic Circle and from the North Pole on the n ...
Antarctica- Maersk Peary Tanker Off-Load.jpg, ''Maersk Peary'' off-loading fuel at the McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...
, Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
USNS Maersk Peary provides fuel to McMurdo Station in Antarctica..jpg, ''Maersk Peary'' at the McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...
, Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
References
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Auxiliary ships of the United States Navy
2004 ships
Unique oilers and tankers of the United States Navy
Tankers of Norway
Ships built by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding
Ships of the Maersk Line