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Sept. 12, 2014 - The USNS Choctaw County is a joint
high-speed vessel (JHSV 2) "designed for rapid intra-theater transport
of troops and military equipment." It is one of about 110
non-combatant, civilian-crewed ships operated by the Military Sealift
Command. Ten of these ships are to be built.
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Specifications: built by Austal USA in Mobile, AL, christened on Sept. 15, 2012 and delivered to the Navy on June 6, 2013. Length: 337.9 feet. Beam: 93.5 feet. Draft (full load): 12.57 feet. Displacement (full load) : 2,460 long tons. Cargo stowage area: 20,000 square feet. Speed: 35 knots. Crew: 22 civil service mariners. More: MSC. |
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