USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300)
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USNS ''Bob Hope'' (T-AKR-300), the
lead ship The lead ship, name ship, or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. The term is applicable to naval ships and large civilian vessels. Large ships are very complex and may ...
of its class of vehicle cargo ships for
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vehicle prepositioning, was a naval ship of the United States named after
Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in Bob Hope filmography, more than 70 short and ...
, the entertainer. Very few ships of the
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have been named after a person who was alive at the time of the christening. The contract to build her was awarded to Avondale Industries on 2 September 1993 and her
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was
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on 29 May 1995. She was launched on 27 March 1997, and delivered on 18 November 1998. A non-combatant
roll-on/roll-off Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...
(RORO) vessel crewed by U.S. civilian mariners under the Navy's Military Sealift Command, ''Bob Hope'' and other ships of the class are used to preposition tanks, trucks and other wheeled vehicles and supplies needed to support an army heavy brigade. She has seen service delivering supplies and equipment to the
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and Iraq. ''Bob Hope'' was stricken from the
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on 19 December 2022.


Features

The ship has two 110-ton Hagglunds deck crane pedestals mounted with twin cranes.


References


External links


MSC Ship Inventory: USNS ''Bob Hope''
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bob Hope (T-AKR-300) Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ships Auxiliary ships of the United States 1997 ships Ships built in New Orleans Bob Hope