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SHIP FACTS

  • General Characteristics, Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB)
  • Builder: NASSCO
  • Propulsion: Commercial Diesel Electric Propulsion
  • Length: 239.3 Meters (785 feet)
  • Beam: 50 Meters (164 feet)
  • Displacement: 90,000 tons (fully loaded)
  • Draft: 10.5 Meters (fully loaded); 12 Meters (load line)
  • Speed: 15 knots
  • Range: 9,500 nautical miles
  • Crew: 44 Military Sealift Command personnel
  • Military Crew: 101 military (Accommodations for 250)
 
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