Brazilian tanker Marajó
Brazilian Navy oiler Marajó
NT Marajó is a tanker of the Brazilian Navy.
Construction and career
The Marajó was ordered by the Brazilian Navy on 23 November 1965 to be built by Ishikawajimado do Brasil Estaleiros in Rio de Janeiro. The ship was launched on 31 January 1968, and was commissioned on 8 January 1969. She was put into the Command of the 1st Support Squadron, she was responsible for refueling, at sea, the ships of the Brazilian Navy, through the transfer of fuel oil.
Oil transfer work at sea was carried out on either side of the vessel. The Marajó was the Navy's only tanker capable of carrying the fuel used by the NAe São Paulo (A-12).
On 22 January 1969, it carried out its first Oil Transfer at Sea with CT Santa Catarina. Between June 1969 and July 1975, the ship chartered to the National Oil Tanker Fleet (FRONAPE), making several commercial trips to transport oil. During that year, she also participated in UNITAS X.
In January 1979, she participated in Operation ASPIRANTEX/79.
Between 7 and 28 January 1980, she participated in the ASPIRANTEX/80.
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