sentences:  Since then, "Sea Lift", redesignated as vehicle cargo ship "AKR-9" on 14 August 1969, continued her primary mission, the transportation of military vehicles, for the Military Sealift Command in the Pacific.Was named USNS "Meteor" (T-AKR-9) 12 September 1975 to join the "galactic family" of other ro/ro ships, USNS Comet (T-AK-269), USNS Mercury (T-AKR-10) and USNS Jupiter (T-AKR-11).She was assigned to the Rapid Deployment Force in April, 1980.