USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199)
 USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) | |
| Career (United States of America) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USNS Tippecanoe |
| Namesake: | The Tippecanoe River in Indiana |
| Ordered: | 24 March 1989 |
| Builder: | Avondale Shipyard, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Laid down: | 19 November 1990 |
| Launched: | 16 May 1992 |
| In service: | 8 February 1993-present |
| Status: | In active Military Sealift Command service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler |
| Type: | Fleet replenishment oiler |
| Tonnage: | 31,200 deadweight tons |
| Displacement: | 9,500 tons light Full load variously reported as 42,382 tons and 40,700 long tons (41,353 metric tons) |
| Length: | 677 ft (206 m) |
| Beam: | 97 ft 5 in (29.69 m) |
| Draft: | 35 ft (11 m) maximum |
| Installed power: | 16,000 hp (11.9 MW) per shaft 34,442 hp (25.7 MW) total sustained |
| Propulsion: | Two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines, two shafts, controllable-pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Capacity: | 178,000 to 180,000 barrels (28,300 to 28,600 m3) of fuel oil and jet fuel 7,400 sq ft (690 m2) dry cargo space; eight 20-foot (6.1 m) refrigerated containers with room for 128 pallets |
| Complement: | 103 (18 civilian officers, 1 U.S. Navy officer, 64 merchant seamen, 20 U.S. Navy enlisted personnel) |
| Armament: | Peacetime: usually none Wartime: probably 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | None |
| Aviation facilities: | Helicopter landing platform |
| Notes: | Five refueling stations Two dry cargo transfer rigs |
USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) to support ships of the United States Navy. She serves in the United States Pacific Fleet.
Tippecanoe, the thirteenth ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class, was laid down at Avondale Shipyard, Inc., at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 19 November 1990 and launched on 16 May 1992. She entered non-commissioned U.S. Navy service under the control of the MSC with a primarily civilian crew on 8 February 1993.
Tippecanoe was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 16 to 24 October 1999.[1] In January 2005, Tippecanoe was part of the American relief effort in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004.
Photos
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Tippecanoe and Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) conduct a replenishment at sea in the Indian Ocean on 8 April 2005.
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Tippecanoe refuels guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG-84).
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Tippecanoe refuels Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer JDS Kongo (DDG-173) and destroyer JDS Ikazuchi (DD-107) on 5 December 2010.
References
- ↑ Stevens, David (2007). Strength Through Diversity: The combined naval role in Operation Stabilise (PDF). Working Papers 20. Canberra: Sea Power Centre - Australia. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-642-29676-4. ISSN 1834-7231. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- 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.
- Oiler Tippecanoe Pumps Aid Into Tsunami Relief Efforts
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199). |
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive: USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199)
- USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199)
- Wildenberg, Thomas (1996). Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
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