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T-AKR-313 Red Cloud

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Echo - Hotel - Mike
Watson Class Vehicle Cargo Ship- (LMSR) Medium-speed Roll-on/Roll-off ship:
  • Laid down, 29 June 1998, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA.
  • Launched, 7 August 1999
  • Delivered to the US Navy, 18 January 2000
  • Assigned to the Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR-313)
  • Red Cloud (T-AKR-313) is one of the Navy's 19 LMSRs, and is assigned to Afloat Prepositioning Ship Squadron Four at Diego Garcia
    Specifications:
    Displacement 29,000 t.(lt) 62,644 t.(fl)
    Length 950'
    Beam 106'
    Draft 34' (max)
    Speed 24 kts.
    Cargo Capacity 300,00 sq. ft. plus 49,991 sq. ft. deck cargo
    Complement 30 civilian mariners, 5 Navy
    Armament none
    Propulsion gas turbines, two propellers
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    Red Cloud 95k Red Cloud (T-AKR-313) slides down the ways at NASSCO, San Diego, CA., 7 August 1999.
    DOD photo # 990807-N-1144C-001.    		 DOD News Photos web site
    Red Cloud 68k Red Cloud (T-AKR-313) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 MSC web site
    Red Cloud 69k Red Cloud (T-AKR-313) loads a diesel generator at Rota Spain, 9 September 2005 for transport to the United States. The generator will be used to power a Gulf-region hospital damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Red Cloud will be transporting nine generators and one 30-ton crane, which will be turned over to the states of Louisiana and Alabama. The U.S. Navy's involvement in the humanitarian assistance operations are being led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense.
    US Navy photo # 050909-N-1111M-001 by Mr. Scott Merry.    		 US Navy Newsstand
    There is no DANFS history available for Red Cloud (T-AKR-313) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Navy Fact File - Large, Medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off Ships - T-AKR
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    Last Updated 23 September 2005