| Name: |
USNS Patuxent |
| Namesake: |
The Patuxent River in Maryland |
| Ordered: |
24 March 1989 |
| Builder: |
Avondale Shipyard, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Laid down: |
16 October 1991 |
| Launched: |
23 July 1994 |
| In service: |
21 June 1995-present |
| Identification: |
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| Status: |
In active Military Sealift Command service |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler |
| Tonnage: |
31,200 DWT |
| Displacement: |
9,500 tons light
42,000 long tons (43,000 t) full load |
| Length: |
677 ft (206 m) |
| Beam: |
97 ft 5 in (29.69 m) |
| Draft: |
35 ft (11 m) maximum |
| Installed power: |
16,000 hp (12,000 kW) per shaft
34,442 hp (25,683 kW) 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
8 20-foot (6.1 m) refrigerated containers with room for 128 pallets |
| Complement: |
1 U.S. Navy officer
20 U.S. Navy enlisted personnel
18 civilian officers
64 merchant seamen
103 total |
| Armament: |
Peacetime: usually none
Wartime: probably 2 × 20-mm Phalanx CIWS[clarification needed] |
| Aircraft carried: |
None |
| Aviation facilities: |
Helicopter landing platform |
| Notes: |
Five refueling stations
Two dry cargo transfer rigs |
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