USNS Henry Eckford (T-AO-192)
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.jpg/300px-USNS_Henry_Eckford_(T-AO-192).jpg) Henry Eckford and Benjamin Isherwood preparing for long-term storage. |
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| Career (United States) |  |
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| Name: | USNS Henry Eckford |
| Namesake: | Henry Eckford |
| Awarded: | 6 May 1985 |
| Builder: | Pennsylania Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 22 January 1987 |
| Launched: | 22 July 1989 |
| Struck: | 19 November 1997 |
| Fate: | Never completed |
| Status: | In reserve; incomplete |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler |
| Displacement: | 40,100 tons |
| Length: | 677 ft (206 m) |
| Beam: | 97 ft (30 m) |
| Draft: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Installed power: | Diesel Engines |
United States Naval Ship USNS Henry Eckford is an oiler of the United States Navy.
USNS Henry Eckford was laid down by the Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in January 1987. Her construction encountered numerous problems, causing cost overruns in the millions of U.S. dollars. She was moved from Philadelphia to Tampa, Florida before her construction contract was canceled in 1993.
Upon cancellation of the contract, the nearly complete Henry Eckford was towed up the James River in Virginia, where she remains in reserve as part of the U.S. Navy's James River Reserve Fleet.
[edit] References
- Jampoler, Andrew C.A. "Who Was Henry Eckford?" Naval History, December 2007, Pages 38-45.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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