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USNS Choctaw County (JHSV-2)
USNS Choctaw County (JHSV 2) awaits delivery at the Austal USA vessel completion yard in June 2013.
Choctaw County awaits delivery in 2013.
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Name: USNS Choctaw County
Operator: Military Sealift Command
Awarded: 28 January 2010[1]
Builder: Austal
Laid down: 8 November 2011[1]
Launched: 1 October 2012[1]
In service: 6 June 2013[1][2]
Status: in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Class & type: Spearhead-class Joint High Speed Vessel
Length: 103.0 m (337 ft 11 in)
Beam: 28.5 m (93 ft 6 in)
Draft: 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: 4 × MTU 20V8000 M71L diesel engines
4 × ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears
Speed: 43 knots (80 km/h; 49 mph)
Troops: 312
Crew: 41
Aircraft carried: Medium helicopter

USNS Choctaw County (JHSV-2) (ex-Vigilant) is the second Spearhead-class Joint High Speed Vessel,[1] which is part of the United States Military Sealift Command and was built in Mobile, Alabama.[3][4]

On 6 October 2011, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced in Ackerman, Mississippi that the second Joint High Speed Vessel, previously having been named Vigilant by the United States Army before the transfer of the JHSV program to the Navy,[1] would be named USNS Choctaw County.[5] Since the ship will be operated by the Military Sealift Command and not the United States Navy itself, it will carry the USNS designation and not USS. The ship is named for three U.S. counties, located in Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma.[6]

Capabilities[]

The JHSV can transport US Army and US Marine Corps company-sized units with their vehicles, or reconfigure to become a troop transport for an infantry battalion.[3]

It has a flight deck for helicopter operations and a loading ramp that allows vehicles to quickly drive on and off the ship. The ramp is suitable for the types of austere piers and quay walls common in developing countries. JHSV has a shallow draft (under 15 feet (4.6 m)).[3]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "USNS Choctaw County". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/JHSV2.htm. Retrieved 24 June 2015. 
  2. "Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Choctaw County". PEO Ships Public Affairs, U.S. Navy. 6 June 2013. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=74663. Retrieved 24 June 2015. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), USN. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  4. Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  5. "Navy Names New Joint High Speed Vessel". U.S. Department of Defense. 6 October 2011. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14846. Retrieved 24 June 2015. 
  6. "Navy to Christen Second Joint High Speed Vessel". U.S. Department of Defense. 13 September 2012. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15564. Retrieved 24 June 2015. 

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