Ordered 26 November 1996 In service 23 May 2000 Beam 106 ft Launched 11 December 1999 Weight 70,110 tons Draft 10 m | Laid down 4 January 1999 Status in active service Construction started 4 January 1999 Length 290 m Displacement 62.6 million kg | |
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USNS Charlton (T-AKR-314) is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship named for Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton, a Medal of Honor recipient.
Laid down on 4 January 1999 and launched on 11 December 1999, Charlton was put into service in the Pacific Ocean on 23 May 2000.
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