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USNS Big Horn ( Henry J. Kaiser -class oiler) Watson -class vehicle cargo ship – 8 active. Bob Hope -class vehicle cargo ship – 7 active. Shughart -class vehicle cargo ship – 3 active. Gordon -class vehicle cargo ship – 2 active. Supply -class fast combat support ship – 2 active. Lewis and Clark -class dry cargo ship – 14 active.
Ships for victory: a history of shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II [28] Concrete ship. 265-foot BCL (barge, concrete, large) Type B Concrete Barge [29] 5 Builders of Concrete Ships [30] Design MC B7-D1, 2 ships for US Army [31] World War II in the Pacific Concrete Ships [32] Concrete Ship hulks [33]
Military Sealift Command ships as of January 2022 [1]. This is a list of Military Sealift Command ships.The fleet includes about 130 ships in eight programs: Fleet Oiler (PM1), Special Mission (PM2), Strategic Sealift (PM3), Tow, Salvage, Tender, and Hospital Ship (PM4), Sealift (PM5), Combat Logistics Force (PM6), Expeditionary Mobile Base, Amphibious Command Ship, and Cable Layer (PM7) and ...
Named in honor of Gen. Frank S. Besson Jr., former Chief of Transportation, U.S. Army, these ships have bow and stern ramps and the ability to beach themselves, giving them the ability to discharge 900 short tons of vehicles and cargo over the shore in as little as four feet of water, or 2,000 short tons as an intra-theater line haul roll-on/roll-off cargo ship. [2]
Current ships include commissioned warships that are in active service, as well as ships that are part of Military Sealift Command, the support component and the Ready Reserve Force, that while non-commissioned, are still part of the effective force of the US Navy. Future ships listed are those that are in the planning stages, or are currently ...
The Runnymede-class large landing craft are powered watercraft in the United States Army. They replaced older USN-design landing craft, and are a typical Landing Craft Utility design with a bow ramp and large aft superstructure. They transport rolling and tracked vehicles, containers, and outsized and general cargo from ships offshore to shore ...
Belgian Navy: 5 of 10 delivered from 1985 remain in service as the Aster class (3 sold to France, 1 to Bulgaria, 1 to Pakistan) Bulgarian Navy: 1 in service. French Navy: 13 in service as the Eridan class. Indonesian Navy: 2 in service as the Pulau Rengat class. Latvian Naval Forces: 5 in service.
National Defense Reserve Fleet. The National Defense Reserve Fleet ( NDRF) consists of ships of the United States, mostly merchant vessels, that have been mothballed but can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping during national military emergencies, or non-military emergencies such as commercial shipping crises.