Purchased By The U.S. Navy
The Spica was purchased by the U.S. Navy, and was then placed into service as a combat supply ship on 1 November 1981 as the USNS Spica (T-AFS-9), a unit of the Military Sealift Command (MSC), MSC Naval Auxiliary Force.
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