For other ships with the same name, see USS Rappahannock.
Rappahannock maneuvering into port at Pearl Harbor; April 2005
History
United States
Name
USNS Rappahannock
Namesake
Rappahannock River
Ordered
6 October 1988
Builder
Avondale Shipyard, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
Laid down
29 March 1992
Launched
14 January 1995
In service
7 November 1995
Identification
IMO number: 8822466
MMSI number: 367867000
Callsign: NRAP
Motto
RAS & ROLL!
Status
In active service
General characteristics
Class and type
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler
Type
Fleet replenishment oiler
Tonnage
27,571 deadweight tons
Displacement
15,968 long tons light
42,383 long tons (43,063 metric tons) full load
Length
677 ft 6 in (206.50 m)
Beam
97 ft 5 in (29.69 m)
Draft
36 ft (11 m) maximum
Installed power
16,000 hp (11.9 MW) per shaft
34,442 hp (25.7 MW) total sustained
Propulsion
Two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines, two shafts, controllable-pitch propellers
Speed
20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Capacity
159,000 barrels (25,300 m3) of fuel oil and jet fuel
7,400 sq ft (690 m2) dry cargo space; eight 20-foot (6.1 m) refrigerated containers with room for 128 pallets
Complement
89 Civilian Mariners (CIVMARS), 20 Licensed Officers, 69 Unlicensed Crew, Supplement 12 Person MILDET Embarked Security Team
Armament
Peacetime: small arms
Wartime: small arms, crew serve weapons including .50-caliber machine guns
Aviation facilities
Helicopter landing platform
Notes
Five refueling stations 1,2,6,7,8
Three fuel receiving stations 1A,5A,7A
Two dry cargo transfer rigs stations 3,4
USNS Rappahannock is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy.
USNSRappahannock is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States...
to 1924 USNSRappahannock (T-AO-204), a United States Navy fleet replenishment oiler in Military Sealift Command service since 1995 Rappahannock Academy...
three ships in the class of eighteen—the other two being USNS Laramie and USNSRappahannock—to be built with a double hull required by the Oil Pollution...
USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8), a Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205), a replenishment oiler and the lead ship of her class USNS Loyal (T-AGOS-22)...
eighteen Henry J. Kaiser-class ships—the other two being USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201) and USNSRappahannock (T-AO-204)—to be built with a double bottom in order...
largest single purchase of biofuel in history at a cost of $12m. On 17 July, USNS Henry J. Kaiser delivered 900,000 gallons of biofuel and traditional petroleum-based...
commission from 1917 to 1924 USS Rappahannock (AOG-2), was renamed Kern during construction in 1942 USNSRappahannock (T-AO-204), is a fleet replenishment...
and tsunami in Tōhoku, Japan. 2011: Able Seaman Christopher Lewis, USNSRappahannock (T-AO 204), for humanitarian service in Operation Tomodachi, which...
warships in the fleet, and to remote Navy stations. Kern was laid as Rappahannock by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington on 25...
Urbanna, Virginia and located on a 125-acre waterfront campus on the Rappahannock River near the Chesapeake Bay, the school enrolls approximately 225 students...
Lee II married Laetitia Corbin, daughter of The Hon. Henry Corbin of Rappahannock County, was a member of the House of Burgesses and later King's Council...
Navy September 1909 An ironclad warship that was sunk as a target in Rappahannock River. Kingston Ceylonite Torpedoed. La Galga Spain 1750 Sank in a tropical...
regarding Oliver Hazard Perry, American Library Association. Knoll, Denys W. (USN ret.) (1979) "Battle of Lake Erie: Building the Ships in the Wilderness"...
a correct statement, the attention of our Surgeon [Dr. Samuel R.Trevett USN] being so on the wounded that he was unable to make a correct return... the...
35–36 Boot, pp. 36-37 Boot, p. 37 Gamble of the Marines, Raymond J Toner USN James (1837), Vol. 6, pp.288-9. Mooney (1976), Vol. 6, p.517. "No. 17313"...
the Sardinian Army; seized the Bostoner ship St. Nichols (later CSS Rappahannock) and raided merchant vessels, became a prisoner but was not considered...
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