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United States Naval Sealift (USNS) Tanker
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Each year this ice-strengthened tanker or one of its sister ships delivers approximately 20,000,000 liters of JP-A fuel (for furnaces and for diesel and aircraft engines) and gasoline to McMurdo Station. It is operated under contract to the Military Sealift Command.
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