Ness-class combat stores ship

Class of combat stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

The Ness-class combat stores ship were a class of three combat stores ships built by Swan Hunter for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the naval auxiliary fleet of the United Kingdom, in the mid-1960s. They were purchased by the United States Navy (USN) in the mid-1980s and renamed Sirius class. They were operated by Military Sealift Command for the USN until the late 2000s when they were deactivated.

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Royal Navy	Lyness Tarbatness Stromness
United States Navy Sirius class	Sirius (ex-Lyness) Spica (ex-Tarbatness) Saturn (ex-Stromness)
List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

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