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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.
The Army has a fleet of approximately 132 watercraft, operated by units of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. [13] (The Army's watercraft program is managed by the United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. [14]) These craft are identified by the following hull code and type;
6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) loaded. Complement. 8 officers, 23 enlisted. General Frank S. Besson-class logistics support vessels ( LSV) are the largest powered watercraft in the United States Army, and are designed to give the Army a global strategic capability to deliver its vehicles and cargo. [ 1]
Complement. 13. 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 ...
It was initially planned that a prototype would be available in FY2019, then four in FY21 and FY22. Assuming full production is authorized, 32 will be built between FY23–27, for a total purchase of 36 MSV (L). [1] The first prototype of the Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) was launched in October 2022 at a marine fabrication facility in ...
MGen. Nathanael Greene class. USAV MG Henry Knox (LT-802) assigned to the 467th Transportation Company in Tacoma, Washington. The MGen. Nathanael Greene-class large coastal tugs are powered watercraft in the United States Army. They are a class of large tugs built for US Army service, primarily intended to assist in docking of transports. [2]
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. [1]
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