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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.     
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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