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USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS-7)

Navajo Class Salvage and Rescue Ship:
  • Laid down, 30 October 2019, at Bollinger Houma Shipyards LLC, Houma, LA.
  • Christened, 9 June 2024
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,110 t.
    Length 263'
    Beam 59'
    Depth of Hull 24'6"
    Draft 17'7" (max)
    Speed 15 kts
    Range 8170nm @10kts
    Complement 23
    Lift Capacity one 40t dynamic lift crane
    Propulsion
    two Wartsila 8L32 diesel enginess, 6,308 hp each
    two Bow Thrusters @ 1,224 hp
    two Stern Thrusters @ 1,224 hp
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    Cherokee Nation
    09310703    		 310k
    Namesake
    Cherokee Nation - The Cherokee Nation - The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It was established in the 20th century and includes people descended from members of the Old Cherokee Nation who relocated, due to increasing pressure, from the Southeast to Indian Territory and Cherokee who were forced to relocate on the Trail of Tears. The tribe also includes descendants of Cherokee Freedmen, Absentee Shawnee, and Natchez Nation.
    Photo, left Official seal of Cherokee Nation. Original Compiled by Aaron Walden.Vector derivative by Jdcollins13, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
    Photo, right - Little Miss Cherokee, (Age 4-5), 2007, Park Hill, Oklahoma, Uyvsdi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons     		Tommy Trampp
    Cherokee Nation
    09310702    		 57k Artist rendition of Navajo Class ATS underway  
    Cherokee Nation
    09310701    		 116k Keel laying ceremony, 30 October 2019, for the future USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7), The ceremony was held at the Houma Terrebonne Civic Center in Houma, LA. were the initials of the Cherokee Deputy Speaker of the Tribal Council Victoria Vazquez. left and Principal Chief Chief Chuck Hoskins Jr. were welded on to a section of the keel of the future USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS-7)
    Photo from "Tahequah Daily Press, Tahequah OK.    		  
    Cherokee Nation
    09310704    		 102k Christening party dignataries, Bollinger Shipyard, Houma, LA., 9 June 2024, for the Christening of the future USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7),
    Courtesy Bollinger Shipyards    		 John Spivey
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