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USNS Sisler (T AKR 311)

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Awarded
  
20 October 1994

In service
  
1 December 1998

Beam
  
106 ft

Launched
  
28 February 1998

Weight
  
29,470 tons

Draft
  
10 m

Laid down
  
15 April 1997

Status
  
in service

Construction started
  
15 April 1997

Length
  
290 m

Displacement
  
26.31 million kg

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Class and type
  
Watson-class vehicle cargo ship

Builder
  
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

USNS Sisler (T-ARK-311) 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 First Lieutenant George K. Sisler, a Medal of Honor recipient.

Laid down on 15 April 1997 and launched on 28 February 1998, Sisler was put into service in the Pacific Ocean on 1 December 1998.

References

USNS Sisler (T-AKR-311) Wikipedia