| abstract | - USNS Blue Jacket (T-AF-51) was an Alstede-class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy from the U.S. Army in 1950 for use by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS). During the war she was operated by the United Fruit Company, then in 1947 by the Black Diamond Steamship Corporation and, after return to the Maritime Commission in 1948, by the U.S. Army under charter. Blue Jacket—a C2-S-B1 type freighter—was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 183) on 23 October 1941 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Co.; launched on 14 February 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Edward U. Read; and delivered to her operators, the United Fruit Co., on 25 March 1943.
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