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.[1][2]
A helicopter being loaded onto Bob Hope in Antwerp, Belgium
A non-combatant roll-on/roll-off (RORO) vessel crewed by U.S. 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.
She has seen service delivering supplies and equipment to the Balkans and Iraq.
^"T-AKR USNS Bob Hope". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
External links
Media related to USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300) at Wikimedia Commons
MSC Ship Inventory: USNS Bob Hope
"Bob Hope (464628)". Port State Information Exchange. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
August 19, 2023
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