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To: Steven W.
OOOH - looks like the Watkins went from NYC to Gitmo:

Checks out.

Sauce.

USNS WATKINS is the sixth WATSON - class large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ship (LMSR) and the first ship in the Navy named after Army Master Sgt. Travis E. Watkins.

General Characteristics: Awarded: May 23, 1997
Keel laid: August 24, 1999
Launched: July 28, 2000
Delivered: March 2, 2001
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA
Propulsion system: two GE Marine LM gas turbines
Propellers: two
Length: 951.4 feet (290 meters)
Beam: 106 feet (32.3 meters)
Draft: 34.1 feet (10.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 62,970 tons full load
Speed: 24 knots
Aircraft: helicopter landing area only
Armament: none
Capacity: 393,000 sq. ft. (more than 900 vehicles including tanks and trucks)
Crew: 26 civilian crew (up to 45); up to 50 active duty
Homeport: Diego Garcia

1,460 posted on 05/05/2020 8:22:41 PM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: numberonepal

Checked out before when she shadowed the Comfort to NYC - the Watkins is a “ghost prison” ship ... TBD + WWG1WGA :)


1,462 posted on 05/05/2020 8:26:40 PM PDT by Steven W.
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