Friday 15 April 2022

T-AO 201 USNS PATUXENT 95 / 42,674 tons full load.A Henry J. Kaiser Class Tanker.

She is operated by  the US Military Sealift Command and had come from Hunterston and 

was coming into Devonport for the weekend.She is seen entering the Sound with the bow 

tug SD Careful and stern tug SD Adept but 10 minutes later as she passed the eastern 

entrance a fog bank rolled in and the pilot could not see where he was going so he stopped

 the ship and he was afraid that the fog would roll into Devil's Point so in zero visiblity the 

tugs turned her and she headed  back out to sea and is now due in 0530 tomorrow.The

 second picture was taken when she was stopped, the fog lifted but seconds later she 

disappeared from view not to be seen again.





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