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Usns Bob Hope (T-akr-300) | colspan="2"| | | tyle="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|USN Jack | | rdered: | | | aid down: | 2 May 1995 | | aunched: | 27 March 1997 | | n Service: | 18 November 1998 | | ut of Service: | | | ate: | In service | | truck: | | | olspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics | | isplacement: | 62,069 tons full | | ength: | 951.4 ft (290 m) | | eam: | 106 ft (32.3 m) | | raught: | 34 ft maximum | | ropulsion: | 4 x Colt Pielstick 10 PC4.2 V diesels; 65,160 hp(m) (47.89 MW) | | peed: | | | ange: | | | apacity: | 380,000 ft² (35,000 m²) | | omplement: | 26 to 45 civilian crew; up to 50 active duty | | ime to Activate: | Already active | | rmament: | | | ircraft: | | | otto: | USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300), the lead ship of her class of Army prepositioning ships, was the only naval ship of the United States to be named for the entertainer. 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 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 already seen service delivering supplies and equipment to the Balkans and Iraq.
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