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Vehicle Cargo Ship
Vehicle cargo ship is a model of United States Navy ship used for the prepositioning of Army vehicles. An example of this is the USNS ''Bob Hope'' (T-AKR-300), the lead ship of her class. Auxiliary ships of the United States Navy {{ship-type-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR 300) At Anchorage In Souda Harbor
USNS ''Bob Hope'' (T-AKR-300), the lead ship of its class of vehicle cargo ships for Army vehicle prepositioning, is a naval ship of the United States named after Bob Hope, the entertainer. Very few ships of the United States Navy have been named after a person who was alive at the time of the christening. The contract to build her was awarded to Avondale Industries on 2 September 1993 and her keel was laid down on 29 May 1995. She was launched on 27 March 1997, and delivered on 18 November 1998. A non-combatant roll-on/roll-off (RORO) vessel crewed by U.S. civilian mariners under the Navy's Military Sealift Command, ''Bob Hope'' and other ships of the class are used to preposition tanks, trucks and other wheeled vehicles and supplies needed to support an army heavy brigade. ''Bob Hope'' has seen service delivering supplies and equipment to the Balkans and Iraq. Features The ship has two 110-ton Hagglunds deck crane A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maritime Prepositioning Ship
Strategic sealift ships are part of the United States Military Sealift Command's (MSC) prepositioning program. There are currently 17 ships in the program, strategically positioned around the world to support the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Defense Logistics Agency. Most are named after Medal of Honor recipients from the service they support. The ships are assigned to two Military Prepositioning Ship (MPS) squadrons located in the Indian Ocean at Diego Garcia and in the Western Pacific Ocean at Guam and Saipan. The MPS ships in each squadron have sufficient equipment, supplies and ammunition to support a Marine Air-Ground Task Force for 30 days. The MPS ships are self-sustaining, with cranes to unload at sea or pierside. MSC chartered the first two ship classes in the MPS role (the ''Corporal Louis J. Hauge Jr.'' and ''Sergeant Matej Kocak'' classes) from civilian shipping lines and converted them. Later ships were purpose-built. Ships ''Sergeant Matej Kocak' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300)
USNS ''Bob Hope'' (T-AKR-300), the lead ship of its class of vehicle cargo ships for United States Army vehicle prepositioning, was a naval ship of the United States named after Bob Hope, the entertainer. Very few ships of the United States Navy have been named after a person who was alive at the time of the christening. The contract to build her was awarded to Avondale Industries on 2 September 1993 and her keel was laid down on 29 May 1995. She was launched on 27 March 1997, and delivered on 18 November 1998. A non-combatant roll-on/roll-off (RORO) vessel crewed by U.S. civilian mariners under the Navy's Military Sealift Command, ''Bob Hope'' and other ships of the class are used to preposition tanks, trucks and other wheeled vehicles and supplies needed to support an army heavy brigade. She has seen service delivering supplies and equipment to the Balkans and Iraq. ''Bob Hope'' was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 December 2022. Features The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hope Class Vehicle Cargo Ship
The ''Bob Hope''-class vehicle cargo ship is a class of vehicle cargo ships, used for prepositioning of Army vehicles. The lead ship of this class is USNS ''Bob Hope'' (T-AKR-300). Ships * Laid down 29 May 1993, launched, 27 March 1997, delivered 18 November 1998. Named after Bob Hope. * Laid down 15 April 1996, launched, 21 October 1997, delivered 4 August 1999. Named after Zachary Fisher. * Laid down 24 March 1997, launched 25 June 1998, delivered 28 March 2000. Named after William W. Seay. * Laid down 3 November 1997, launched 25 May 1999,delivered 30 January 2001. Named after Leroy A. Mendonca * Laid down 29 June 1998, launched 29 January 2000, delivered 24 July 2001. Named after Herbert K. Pililaau Herbert Kailieha Pililaau (October 10, 1928 – September 17, 1951) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War. A Native Hawaiians, ... * Laid down 3 May 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vehicle Cargo Ships Of The United States Navy
A vehicle (from la, vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo. Vehicles include wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles ( motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses, mobility scooters for disabled people), railed vehicles ( trains, trams), watercraft ( ships, boats, underwater vehicles), amphibious vehicles ( screw-propelled vehicles, hovercraft), aircraft ( airplanes, helicopters, aerostats) and spacecraft.Halsey, William D. (Editorial Director): ''MacMillan Contemporary Dictionary'', page 1106. MacMillan Publishing, 1979. Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied. ISO 3833-1977 is the standard, also internationally used in legislation, for road vehicles types, terms and definitions. History * The oldest boats found by archaeological excavation are logboats, with the oldest logboat found, the Pesse canoe found in a bog in the Netherlands, being carbon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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