USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303)

History

United States
Name:	USNS Mendonca
Operator:	Military Sealift Command
Builder:	Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans
Laid down:	3 November 1997
Launched:	25 May 1999
Completed:	30 January 2001
Status:	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship
Displacement:	35,500 t.(lt) 62096 t.(fl)
Length:	951 ft 5 in (290.0 m)
Beam:	106 ft (32.3 m)
Draft:	34 ft 10 in (10.6 m) maximum
Propulsion:	4 × Colt Pielstick 10 PC4.2 V diesels 65,160 hp(m) (47.89 MW)
Speed:	24 knots (44 km/h)
Capacity:	300,000 sq ft (28,000 m²) 49,991 sq ft (4,644.3 m²) deck cargo
Complement:	26 reduced / up to 45 full, civilian mariners 50 US Navy personnel

USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303) is a Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy. She was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans and delivered to the Navy on 30 January 2001. They assigned her to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command.^[1] Mendonca is named for Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Leroy A. Mendonca, and is one of 11 Surge LMSRs operated by a private company under contract to the Military Sealift Command. She is assigned to the MSC Atlantic surge force and is maintained in Ready Operational Status 4.

References

Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off ships

Bob Hope class	Bob Hope Fisher Seay Mendonca Pililaau Brittin Benavidez

Watson class	Watson Sisler Dahl Red Cloud Charlton Watkins Pomeroy Soderman

Gordon class	Gordon Gilliland

Shughart class	Shughart Yano GySgt. Fred W. Stockham

List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

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Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship

Bob Hope Fisher Seay Mendonca Pililaau Brittin Benavidez

Preceded by: Gordon class Followed by: Watson class List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy