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USNS Curtiss (T-AVB-4)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Bravo - Lima
 NCBL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Wright Class Aviation Logistics Support (Roll-on/Roll-off) Container Ship:
  • Laid down, date unknown, under Maritime Administration contract (MA 222) as SS Great Republic, 1 April 1968, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Inc., Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 1 December 1968
  • Delivered to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 1 July 1969
  • Renamed USNS Curtiss (T-AVB-4), 14 May 1986, and assigned to the MARAD Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), MSC PM-5 Sealift Program Office, Logistics Prepositioning Force
  • USNS Curtis provides support for Marine Corps helicopters and is maintained in reduced status ROS-5 (five day reactivation status) at Port Huenene, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,106 t(lt) 23,800 t(fl)
    Length 602'
    Beam 90'
    Draft 30'
    Speed 18.7 kts.
    Propulsion geared steam turbine, single propeller
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    Curtiss 119k USNS Curtis (T-AVB-4) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC web site
    Curtiss 60k USNS Curtis (T-AVB-4) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, CA., July 2005. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Curtiss 262k USNS Curtis (T-AVB-4) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, CA., June 2007. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    There is no DANFS history for USNS Curtiss (T-AVB-4) available at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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