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USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Lima - Kilo NALK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Gordon Class Large Medium-speed Roll-on/Roll-off ship (LMSR):

Built in Denmark in 1972 as MV Jutlandia and lengthened by Hyundai in 1984

Delivered for mercantile service, 1 June 1973

Acquired by the US Navy under long term charter, date unknown

Converted to a Gordon Class Large Medium Speed Roll on/Roll off ship at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.

Christened USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296), 4 July 1996, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA.

Assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296), 23 August 1996

USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296) is one of the Navy's 28 LMSR Strategic Sealift Ships operated by MSC

USNS Gordon is assigned to the MSC Atlantic surge force and is maintained in Readiness Operational Status 4 (ROS-4) in a lay up berth at Manama, Bahrain

Specifications:
Displacement 32,589 t.(lt) 65,000 t.(fl)
Length 956'
Beam 105' 9"
Draft 36' (max)
Speed 24 kts.
Cargo Capacity 284,064 sq. ft. plus 49,991 sq. ft. deck cargo

Complement

Civilian Mariners 26 (up to 45)

US Navy personnel 50 (2 Officers, 48 Enlisted)

Armament none

Propulsion

One Burmeister & Wain 12K84EF Diesel; 26,000 hp(m) (19.11 MW)

Two Burmeister & Wain 9K84EF diesels, 39,000 hp(m) (28.66 MW)

Three shafts (center cp prop) bow thruster

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
	49k	The Danish containership SS Jutlandia drydocked in Hamburg, Germany, May 1973.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller Debus
	37k	SS Jutlandia working cargo in Hong Kong in 1982.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller Debus
	421k	SS Jutlandia moored pierside, date and location unknown. Chris Howell owned negative.	Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores Limited, Port of Bluff, N.Z.
USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296)
0954029608	160k	Brochure cover for *USNS Gordon* (T-AKR-296)** naming ceremony held at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA. 4 July 1996	Dale Hargrave
0954029609	345k	Christening by Mrs. Carmen Gordon, widow of Master Sergeant Gary I. Gordon of *USNS Gordon* (T-AKR-296)** at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA. 4 July 1996	Dale Hargrave
	281k	Five large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off ships, or LMSRs (left to right) moored in their lay berths at Newport News, VA., 2002. From left to right: *USNS Seay* (T-AKR-302), USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303), USNS Watkins (T-AKR-315), USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296) and USNS Gilliland (T-AKR-298)**. Photo by Nobe Smith. MSC.	Robert Hurst
0954029507	287k	Oblique aerial starboard bow view of *USNS Shughart* (T-AKR-295) and USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296)** tied up at the Newport News commercial coal piers, 31 August 1996. At the pier in the background is an out of service Silas Bent class oceanographic survey ship. Photo by Robert J. Sitar (USN Ret) contributed to Wikimedia Commons by National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner National Archives and Records Administration. DPLA identifier: 7e9fd9ce21007fbfdaf08417bd8e82db National Archives Identifier: 6495418.	Robert Hurst
	78k	*USNS Gordon* (T-AKR-296)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	62k	*USNS Gordon* (T-AKR-296)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientists
	103k	*USNS Gordon* (T-AKR-296)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientists
	48k	*USNS Gordon* (T-AKR-295)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientists

USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Master Sergeant Gary Ivan Gordon United States Army Medal of Honor Citation
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Navy Fact File - Large, Medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off Ships - T-AKR

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