USNS Charlton
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Ordered | 26 November 1996 |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 4 January 1999 |
| Launched | 11 December 1999 |
| In service | 23 May 2000 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Watson-class vehicle cargo ship |
| Displacement | 69,000 tons |
| Length | 950 ft |
| Beam | 106 ft |
| Draft | 34 ft |
| Propulsion | Gas turbine |
USNS Charlton (T-AKR-314) is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship named for Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton, a Medal of Honor recipient.
History
[edit]Laid down on 4 January 1999 and launched on 11 December 1999, Charlton was put into service in the Pacific Ocean on 23 May 2000.
References
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Media related to IMO 9231664 at Wikimedia Commons
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.
