MV Shughart
USNS Shughart | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | MV Shughart |
| Namesake | Randall D. Shughart |
| Owner | United States Maritime Administration |
| Launched | 9 July 1980 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Stephanie Shughart |
| Commissioned | 8 February 1997 |
| In service | 7 May 1996 |
| Stricken | 21 March 2023 |
| Homeport | Baltimore |
| Identification |
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| Status | Stricken, laid up in Beaumont, Texas, designated non-retention |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Shughart-class cargo ship |
| Displacement | 54,450 tons full load |
| Length | 907 ft (276 m) |
| Beam | 105.6 ft (32.2 m) |
| Draft | 34.8 ft (10.6 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 Burmeister & Wain 12L90 GFCA diesel; 1 shaft; bow and stern thrusters |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range | 12,200 nautical miles (22,590 km) at 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Capacity | 312,461 sq ft (29,029 m2). |
| Complement | 26 civilian crew |
| Armament | none |
| Aircraft carried | One helicopter landing pad |
MV Shughart (T-AKR-295) is the lead ship of her class of cargo ships operated by the United States Navy. She is a 'roll-on roll-off' non-combat vessel designated as a "Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off" (LMSR) ship.