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| USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR-313) | |
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| Career (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 & 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) Ships and is one of the 24 ships in the Prepositioning Program. 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.
References
- 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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