USNS Red Cloud
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| History | |
|---|---|
 US | |
| Awarded | 1 January 1996 |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 29 June 1998 |
| Launched | 7 August 1999 |
| In service | 18 January 2000 |
| Status | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Watson-class vehicle cargo ship |
| Displacement | 62,644 Long Tons |
| Length | 950 Ft |
| Beam | 106 Ft |
| Draft | 34 Ft |
| Propulsion | 2 Gas Turbines |
| Speed | 24 Knots |
| Range | 12,000 Nautical Miles |
| Complement | 30 |
USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR 313) is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR)[1] Ships and is one of the 49 ships in the prepositioning program.[2] She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship named for Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient, after whom Camp Red Cloud in Korea is also named.
Laid down on 29 June 1998 and launched on 7 August 1999, Red Cloud was put into service on 18 January 2000.[3]
References
- ^ "MSC Ship Inventory - Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off". www.msc.navy.mil. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ^ "Strategic Sealift (PM3)". www.msc.navy.mil. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ^ "USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR 313)". navysite.de. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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