USNS Pecos (T-AO-197)

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USNS Pecos T-AO-197
Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	17 February 1988
Launched:	21 April 1990
Commissioned:	6 July 1990
Decommissioned:	n/a
Fate:	In service
General Characteristics
Displacement:	9,500 tons light; 42,382 tons full
Length:	677 ft (206 m)
Beam:	97 ft 5 in (30 m)
Draft:	35 ft (11 m)
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement:	Civilians: 18 Officers, 64 Merchant Seamen; Navy: 1 Officer, 20 Enlisted
Armament:	None

USNS Pecos (T-AO-197) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy, and the third such ship to be named after the Pecos River.

Pecos was laid down 17 February 1988 at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana; launched 21 April 1990; and delivered to the Navy and placed in service with MSC as USNS Pecos (T-AO-197) on 6 July 1990. The ship is equipped with a helicopter platform to allow for at-sea transfer of personnel and supplies. Pecos is currently part of the MSC Naval Auxiliary Force, MSC Pacific and has received the following awards: the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (twice), and the Southwest Asia Service Medal.

The command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) prepares to conduct an underway replenishment-at-sea (RAS) with Pecos (T-AO-197) after a four-day port visit to Hong Kong on 10 December 2000.

[edit] References

• T-AO-197 Pecos. Fleet Oiler (AO) Photo Index. Retrieved on April 4, 2006.

The Pecos pulls along side the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for a replenishment-at-sea on 31 March 2005. Nimitz was conducting "Fleet Replacement Squadron Carrier Qualifications" off the coast of Southern California.

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