USNS Guadalupe (T-AO-200)

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USNS Guadalupe pierside in San Diego
Career (USA) United States Navy Ensign
Ordered: 6 October 1988
Builder: Avondale Shipyards
Laid down: 9 July 1990
Launched: 5 October 1991
Acquired: 25 September 1992
In service: 26 October 1992
Status: Active in service as of 2008
General characteristics
Class and type: Henry J. Kaiser-class
Displacement: 40,900 long tons
Length: 677 ft 6 in (206.5 m)
Beam: 97 ft 6 in (29.7 m)
Draft: 35 ft (11 m)
Propulsion: 2 x Colt-Pielstick 10 PC4.2 V 570 diesels; 34,442 hp (m) (25.7 MW) sustained, 2 x shafts
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: 3 military, 81 civilian
Aircraft carried: Helicopter platform but cannot embark

USNS Guadalupe (T-AO-200) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy.

Guadalupe was laid down on 9 July 1990 by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana; and placed in service on 26 October 1992.

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