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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Mike - Kilo
NBMK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal

Bob Hope Class Vehicle Cargo Ship- (LMSR) Medium-speed Roll-on/Roll-off ship:

Laid down, 3 November 1997, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Avondale Operations, New Orleans, LA.

Launched, 25 May 1999

Delivered to the US Navy, 30 January 2001

Assigned to the Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303)

USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303) is one of the Navy's 11 Surge LMSRs operated by a private company under contract to MSC

USNS Mendonca is assigned to the MSC Atlantic surge force and is maintained in Ready Operational Status 4 (ROS-4)

Specifications:
Displacement 35,500 t.(lt) 62,069 t.(fl)
Length 951'
Beam 106'
Draft 34' (max)
Speed 24 kts.
Cargo Capacity 380,000 sq. ft. plus 49,991 sq. ft. deck cargo

Complement

Civilian Mariners 26 reduced / up to 45 full

US Navy personnel 50

Armament none

Propulsion

four Colt Pielstick 10 PC4.2 V Diesels, 65,160 hp(m) (47.89 MW)

two shafts, cp props

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
0954030323	150k	*USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303)** underway, on sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, 5 December 2000. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. Identifier: 6609105	Robert Hurst
	224k	*USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Robert Hurst
	80k	*USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303)** main deck, date and location unknown.	Photo by Peter Westdijk, the Netherlands
	74k	*USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303)** bridge, date and location unknown.	Photo by Peter Westdijk, the Netherlands
	87k	*USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Photo by Peter Westdijk, the Netherlands
	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
	279k	U.S. Army Strykers are off-loaded from *USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303)** at Bremerhaven, Germany, 24 July 2006. US Navy (MSC) photo	Robert Hurst
	853k	From left to right *USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303), USNS Fisher (T-AKR-301), SS Wright (AVB-3)** and the World War II Liberty ship SS John W. Brown moored at Pier 1, Baltimore, 2 June 2010.	Photo by Ramon Jackson
	482k	*USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303) and USNS Fisher (T-AKR-301)** moored at Pier 1, Baltimore, 2 June 2010.	Photo by Ramon Jackson
	95k	*USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303)** participating in a joint logistics over the shore exercise off Virginia Beach, VA., 16 to 20 June 2013. US Navy photo	Lee Wahler
	236k	Sailors assigned to *Navy Cargo Handling Battalion One* lift the US Army’s small tug Mulberry (ST-914) from *USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303)** during Alaska Shield 2014 as part of Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore operations. Army tug Scholarie (ST-905) is at left. US Navy photo by SN Mumbali G. Ngwa.	Robert Hurst
	264k	*USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303)** lowers the US Army tug Mulberry (ST-914) into the water during Alaska Shield 2014 as part of Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore operations. The tugs assisted the docking of larger watercraft, and transported personnel from Mendonca. US Navy photo by CAPT. Michael Wachter.	Robert Hurst
	273k	*USNS Mendonca* (T-AKR-303)** performs tactical formation maneuvers in the North Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 24, 2019. The simulated convey maneuvers were part of U.S. Transportation Command's turbo activation, which was designed to test the surge sealift fleet's material readiness and its crews' ability to sail their ships in a contested environment. US Navy photo # 190924-N-OH262-0556 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 24, 2019) by Bill Mesta.	Robert Hurst