USNS Big Horn, one of the 18 HENRY J. KAISER class replenishment oilers.
General Characteristics:
Keel laid: October 9, 1989
Launched: February 2, 1991
In service: May 21, 1992
Builder: Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, La.
Propulsion system: 2 x Colt-Pielstick 10 PC4.2 V 570 diesels
Propellers: two
Length: 677 feet (203 meters)
Beam: 97 feet (29.6 meters)
Draft: 35 feet (10.6 meters)
Displacement: approx. 40,700 tons
Speed: 20 knots
Capacity: 180,000 barrels of fuel oil or aviation fuel and eight 20-feet containers refrigerated
Refueling stations: five
Aircraft: none, but has a helicopter deck
Armament: none in peacetime, probably two 20mm Phalanx CIWS in wartime
Crew: 82 civilian crew (18 officers); 21 Navy (1 officer)
Fleet: Atlantic
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