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has the speed to keep up with the carrier strike groups. She rapidly replenishes Navy task forces and can carry more than 177,000 barrels (28,100 m) of oil; 2,150 tons of ammunition; 500 tons of dry stores; and 250 tons of refrigerated stores. She receives petroleum products, ammunition, and
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stores from shuttle ships and redistributes these items simultaneously to carrier strike group ships. This reduces the vulnerability of serviced ships by reducing alongside time.
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crashed into the ship during a joint training exercise involving fast roping about 20 miles (32 km) off
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is mostly civilian crewed and no longer carries the weapons systems she previously (as USS
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Clayton, Cindy, and Lauren King, "Army, Navy Investigating Deadly Copter Crash On Ship",
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s refueling rigs can pump fuel at a rate of 3,000 US gallons (11 m) per minute.
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and is the fifth supply ship to carry the name of the region surrounding the
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King, Lauren, "One Killed, Several Injured In Copter Crash On Navy Ship",
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Diesel Fuel Marine (DFM): 1,965,600 US gallons (7,441 m)
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Like other fast combat support ships, she is part of MSC's
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Index

USS Arctic

National Steel and Shipbuilding
IMO number
8644034
MMSI number
338995000
Callsign
Supply class
General Electric
LM 2500 gas turbine engines
CH-46E Sea Knight
MH-60S Seahawk

Nimitz-class
USS Harry S. Truman
USNS
USS
Supply class
fast combat support ships
North Pole
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
San Diego, California
Military Sealift Command
Earle, New Jersey
U.S. Naval Ship
Phalanx CIWS
Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force
United States Army
UH-60 Black Hawk

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