hope, class, vehicle, cargo, ship, class, vehicle, cargo, ships, used, prepositioning, army, vehicles, lead, ship, this, class, usns, hope, usns, hope, harbor, souda, crete, greececlass, overviewbuildersavondale, shipyardcostus, million, 1993, built1993, 2001i. The Bob Hope class vehicle cargo ship is a class of vehicle cargo ships used for prepositioning of Army vehicles The lead ship of this class is USNS Bob Hope T AKR 300 USNS Bob Hope in harbor at Souda Bay in Crete GreeceClass overviewBuildersAvondale ShipyardCostUS 265 million 1993 1 Built1993 2001In service1998 Completed7General characteristicsDisplacement62 069 tons fullLength951 ft 5 in 290 0 m Beam106 ft 32 3 m Draft34 ft 10 in 10 6 m maximumPropulsion4 Colt Pielstick 10 PC4 2 V diesels 65 160 hp m 47 89 MW Speed24 knots 44 km h Range15 000 milesCapacity380 000 sq ft 35 000 m2 1 000 wheeled or tracked military vehicles 2 Complement26 to 45 civilian crew up to 50 active dutyAviation facilitiesHelicopter landing areaShips editUSNS Bob Hope T AKR 300 Laid down 29 May 1993 launched 27 March 1997 delivered 18 November 1998 Named after Bob Hope USNS Fisher T AKR 301 Laid down 15 April 1996 launched 21 October 1997 delivered 4 August 1999 Named after Zachary Fisher USNS Seay T AKR 302 Laid down 24 March 1997 launched 25 June 1998 delivered 28 March 2000 Named after William W Seay USNS Mendonca T AKR 303 Laid down 3 November 1997 launched 25 May 1999 delivered 30 January 2001 Named after Leroy A Mendonca USNS Pililaau T AKR 304 Laid down 29 June 1998 launched 29 January 2000 delivered 24 July 2001 Named after Herbert K Pililaau USNS Brittin T AKR 305 Laid down 3 May 1999 launched 11 November 2000 delivered 11 July 2002 Named after Nelson V Brittin USNS Benavidez T AKR 306 Laid down 15 December 1999 launched 11 August 2001 delivered 10 September 2003 Named after Roy BenavidezReferences edit T AKR USNS Bob Hope Federation of American Scientists 14 October 2000 Retrieved 7 September 2015 Bob Hope Class Roll On Roll Off Vehicle Cargo Ships United States of America naval technology com Retrieved 7 September 2015 External links editAKR Vehicle Cargo Ships at Navy Site nbsp This United States Navy article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bob Hope class vehicle cargo ship amp oldid 1091042355, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
