USNS Shughart (T-AKR-295)

USNS Shughart
History
United States
Name	Shughart
Owner	United States Navy
Operator	Military Sealift Command
Launched	1980
Sponsored by	Mrs. Stephanie Shughart
Acquired	May 7, 1996
Commissioned	8 February 1997
In service	1996
Homeport	Baltimore
Identification	IMO number: 7825394 MMSI number: 367822000 Callsign: NAOQ
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	cargo ship
Displacement	54,450 tons full load
Length	907 ft (276 m)
Beam	105.6 ft (32.2 m)
Draft	34.8 ft (10.6 m)
Propulsion	1 Burmeister & Wain 12L90 GFCA diesel; 1 shaft; bow and stern thrusters
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	12,200 nautical miles (22,590 km) at 24 knots (44 km/h)
Capacity	312,461 sq ft (29,029 m2).
Complement	26 civilian crew
Armament	none
Aircraft carried	One helicopter landing pad

USNS Shughart (T-AKR-295) is the lead ship of her class of cargo ships operated by the United States Navy. She is a 'roll-on roll-off' non-combat vessel designated as a "Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off" (LMSR) ship.

History[]

She was originally the Laura Maersk, constructed in 1980 in Denmark by Lindøværftet for A. P. Moller-Maersk Group (Maersk). She was lengthened in 1987 and again in the early 1990s by Hyundai.^[1]

On May 7, 1996 Laura Maersk was delivered to Military Sealift Command and was outfitted at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company's docks in San Diego, California.^[1] Operated by Bay Ship Management, the newly renovated ship was renamed in honor of Medal of Honor recipient US Army Sergeant First Class Randall D. Shughart. Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska was the ceremony's principal speaker and serving as the ship's sponsor was Mrs. Stephanie Shughart, Sergeant Shughart's widow. The Shughart remains under the charter of the US Navy Military Sealift Command and is operated by US Merchant Mariners.^[1]

Shughart, along with others in her class, is capable of carrying 58 tanks, 48 other track vehicles, plus more than 900 trucks and other wheeled vehicles. To manipulate the immense cargo capacity, Shughart utilizes two 110-ton cranes, port and starboard ramps, and a stern ramp.^[2]

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