| RFA Tarbatness (A345) | |
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 USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) underway, date unknown | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | RFA Lyness |
| Ordered: | 7 December 1964 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter |
| Yard number: | 2018 |
| Laid down: | 15 April 1966 |
| Launched: | 28 February 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 10 August 1967 |
| Decommissioned: | 1980 |
| Fate: | Chartered by US MSC, later bought |
| Career (USA) |  |
| Name: | USNS Spica |
| Acquired: | 30 September 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 1 November 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 January 2008 |
| Renamed: | 5 November 1981 |
| Fate: | Awaiting disposal |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ness-class combat stores ship |
| Displacement: | 16,792 long tons (17,061 t) full load |
| Length: | 523 ft 4 in (159.51 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft 3 in (22.02 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × 8-cylinder Sulzer diesel |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement: | 110 RFA + 50 Stores Working Party |
| Aviation facilities: | Fitted with a flight deck but no hangar facilities until purchased by USMSC |
RFA Tarbatness (A345) was a fleet stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
In 1981, the ship was bought by the United States Military Sealift Command to serve as USNS Spica (T-AFS-9).
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