USNS Bridge
47°33′09″N 122°39′16″W / 47.5525437°N 122.6544216°W
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) |
| Namesake | Horatio Bridge |
| Ordered | 6 December 1989 |
| Awarded | 15 January 1993 |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego County, California |
| Laid down | 2 August 1994 |
| Launched | 24 August 1996 |
| Commissioned | 5 August 1998 |
| Decommissioned | 24 June 2004 |
| In service | 24 June 2004 |
| Out of service | 30 September 2014 |
| Stricken | 15 September 2022 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Stricken |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Supply class |
| Displacement | 48,800 long tons (49,600 t) |
| Length | 754.6 ft (230.0 m) |
| Beam | 107 ft (33 m) |
| Draught | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Installed power | 105,000 hp (78 MW) |
| Propulsion | four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines, Two Propellers |
| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Complement | 176 civilians, 30–45 military |
| Aircraft carried | Two CH-46E Sea Knight or MH-60S Seahawk helicopters |
USNS Bridge (T-AOE-10), (formerly USS Bridge [AOE-10]), is the fourth ship of the Supply-class of fast combat support ships in the United States Navy. She is the second ship in the Navy named after Horatio Bridge, a Commodore who served during the Civil War. Bridge was commissioned on 5 August 1998.