USNS Bridge (T-AOE-10)
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Ordered: | 6 December 1989 |
| Laid down: | 2 December 1991 |
| Launched: | 30 October 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 5 August 1998 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 June 2004 |
| In service: | 24 June 2004 |
| Status: | active in service |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | approx. 48,800 tons (49,600 t) |
| Length: | 754.6 ft (230 m) |
| Beam: | 107 ft (32.6 m) |
| Draught: | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines 105,000 hp (78 MW) |
| Speed: | 26 knots (48 km/h) |
| Complement: | 176 civilians, 4 military |
| Aircraft carried: | A combination of two MM-60 or SH-60 |
USNS BRIDGE is the fourth ship in the SUPPLY - class of Fast Combat Support Ships and the second ship in the Navy named after Commodore Horatio Bridge. On June 24, 2004, the BRIDGE was transferred from the United States Navy to the Military Sealift Command. BRIDGE no longer carries the weapons systems she previously (as "USS BRIDGE") was equipped with. One of these systems was the Phalanx CIWS.
General Characteristics: Keel Laid: 1993
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California
Propulsion System: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Homeport: Bremerton, Wash.
Crew: 179 civilians, 4 military Supply Corps
[edit] Sources:
US Naval vessel register web page
| Supply-class fast combat support ship |
| Supply | Rainier | Arctic | Bridge |
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy |
