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SS Wright (T-AVB-3) at sea, date and location unknown.
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| Career |
 |
| Laid down: |
1 June 1968 |
| Launched: |
1 July 1969 |
| Delivered: |
1 February 1970 |
| Fate: |
In service |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
8,106 tons (light),
23,800 tons (full) |
| Length: |
602 ft 0 in |
| Beam: |
90 ft 0 in |
| Draft: |
30 ft 0 in |
| Propulsion: |
Geared steam turbine, single propeller |
| Speed: |
18.7 knots |
The SS Wright (T-AVB-3) is one of two Aviation Logistics Support (Roll-on/Roll-off) Container Ships built for the United States Navy in 1968. The lead ship of her class of two, she was originally laid down 1 June 1968 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. of Pascagoula, Mississippi as SS Mormacsun, a Maritime Commission type (C5-S-78) Ro-ro vessel under Maritime Administration contract (MA 224) for Moore-McCormack Lines. Launched 1 July 1969, she was delivered to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) 1 February 1970 and subsequently renamed SS Young America (date unknown). Again renamed SS Wright (T-AVB-3) on 14 May 1986, the ship was assigned to MARAD Ready Reserve Force (RRF), MSC PM-5 Sealift Program Office, Logistics Prepositioning Force. Wright provides support for Marine Corps helicopters and is maintained in reduced status ROS-5 (five day reactivation status) at Baltimore, Maryland.
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