USNS Comet, Suisan Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Solano County, CA

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Significance: USNS Comet was the first purpose-built, deep-draft, ocean-going vessel designed for roll-on/roll-off handling of vehicles and other wheeled cargoes.

Survey number: HAER CA-348

Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

George G. Sharp, Inc.

Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.

Maritime Administration

Military Sea Transportation Service

U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships

U.S. Army Transportation Corps

Sabin, Bertha

Sabin, Lorenzo S, Jr.

Chemnitz, Harry D

Maritime Administration, sponsor

Croteau, Todd, program coordinator

Christianson, Justine, transmitter

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