USNS Charlton

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History
United States
Ordered26 November 1996
BuilderNational Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Laid down4 January 1999
Launched11 December 1999
In service23 May 2000
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeWatson-class vehicle cargo ship
Displacement69,000 tons
Length950 ft
Beam106 ft
Draft34 ft
PropulsionGas 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.

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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.

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Media related to IMO 9231664 at Wikimedia Commons