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Career | |
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Laid down: | 2 May 1995 |
Launched: | 27 March 1997 |
Delivered: | 18 November 1998 |
Fate: | in service |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 62,069 tons full |
Length: | 951.4 feet (290 meters) |
Beam: | 106 feet (32.3 meters) |
Draft: | 34 feet maximum |
Power plant: | four Colt Pielstick 10 PC4.2 V diesels; 65,160 hp(m) (47.89 MW) |
Capacity: | 380,000 square feet |
Complement: | 26 to 45 civilian crew; up to 50 active duty |
A non-combatant roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel crewed by 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.
Bob Hope has already seen service delivering supplies and equipment to the Balkans and Iraq.