sentences:  She was laid down as SS "Sea Lift", a Maritime Administration type (C4-ST-67a) hull under Maritime Administration contract (MA hull 124), on 18 May 1964 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington.It was an improved and enlarged prototype of the USNS Comet (T-AK-269).She was launched on 17 April 1965 and sponsored by Mrs. Warren G. Magnuson.