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Laid down, 30 October 2019, at Bollinger Houma Shipyards LLC, Houma, LA.

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Specifications:
Displacement 5,110 t.
Length 263'
Beam 59'
Depth of Hull 24'6"
Draft 17'7" (max)
Speed 15 kts
Range 8170nm @10kts
Complement 23
Lift Capacity one 40t dynamic lift crane

Propulsion

two Wartsila 8L32 diesel enginess, 6,308 hp each

two Bow Thrusters @ 1,224 hp

two Stern Thrusters @ 1,224 hp

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09310703	310k	Namesake Cherokee Nation - The Cherokee Nation - The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It was established in the 20th century and includes people descended from members of the Old Cherokee Nation who relocated, due to increasing pressure, from the Southeast to Indian Territory and Cherokee who were forced to relocate on the Trail of Tears. The tribe also includes descendants of Cherokee Freedmen, Absentee Shawnee, and Natchez Nation. Photo, left Official seal of Cherokee Nation. Original Compiled by Aaron Walden.Vector derivative by Jdcollins13, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Photo, right - Little Miss Cherokee, (Age 4-5), 2007, Park Hill, Oklahoma, Uyvsdi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons		Tommy Trampp
09310702	57k	Artist rendition of Navajo Class ATS underway
09310701	116k	Keel laying ceremony, 30 October 2019, for the future USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7), The ceremony was held at the Houma Terrebonne Civic Center in Houma, LA. were the initials of the Cherokee Deputy Speaker of the Tribal Council Victoria Vazquez. left and Principal Chief Chief Chuck Hoskins Jr. were welded on to a section of the keel of the future USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS-7) Photo from "Tahequah Daily Press, Tahequah OK.

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There is no history for USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS-7) available at NavSource

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