For other ships with the same name, see USS Tippecanoe.
USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199)
History
United States
Name
USNS Tippecanoe
Namesake
The Tippecanoe River in Indiana
Ordered
24 March 1989
Builder
Avondale Shipyard, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
Laid down
19 November 1990
Launched
16 May 1992
In service
8 February 1993-present
Identification
IMO number: 8906602
MMSI number: 367860000
Callsign: NTIP
Status
In active Military Sealift Command service
General characteristics
Class and type
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler
Type
Fleet replenishment oiler
Tonnage
31,200 deadweight tons
Displacement
9,500 tons light
Full load variously reported as 42,382 tons and 40,700 long tons (41,353 metric tons)
Length
677 ft (206 m)
Beam
97 ft 5 in (29.69 m)
Draft
35 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
178,000 to 180,000 barrels (28,300 to 28,600 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
103 (18 civilian officers, 1 U.S. Navy officer, 64 merchant seamen, 20 U.S. Navy enlisted personnel)
Armament
Peacetime: usually none
Wartime: probably 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried
None
Aviation facilities
Helicopter landing platform
Notes
Five refueling stations
Two dry cargo transfer rigs
USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) to support ships of the United States Navy. She serves in the United States Pacific Fleet.[citation needed]Tippecanoe, the thirteenth ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class, was laid down at Avondale Shipyard, Inc., at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 19 November 1990 and launched on 16 May 1992. She entered non-commissioned U.S. Navy service under the control of the MSC with a primarily civilian crew on 8 February 1993.[citation needed]
Tippecanoe was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 16 to 24 October 1999.[1] In January 2005, Tippecanoe was part of the American relief effort in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004.[citation needed]
^Stevens, David (2007). Strength Through Diversity: The combined naval role in Operation Stabilise(PDF). Working Papers. Vol. 20. Canberra: Sea Power Centre - Australia. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-642-29676-4. ISSN 1834-7231. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
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