USNS Sisler (T-AKR-311)

History

United States
Awarded:	20 October 1994
Builder:	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Laid down:	15 April 1997
Launched:	28 February 1998
In service:	1 December 1998
Status:	in service
General characteristics
Class & type:	Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
Displacement:	29,000 tons
Length:	950 ft
Beam:	106 ft
Draft:	34 ft
Propulsion:	Gas turbine

USNS Sisler (T-ARK-311) is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship named for First Lieutenant George K. Sisler, a Medal of Honor recipient.

Laid down on 15 April 1997 and launched on 28 February 1998, Sisler was put into service in the Pacific Ocean on 1 December 1998.

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Watson-class vehicle cargo ship

Watson Sisler Dahl Red Cloud Charlton Watkins Pomeroy Soderman

List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off ships

Bob Hope class	Bob Hope Fisher Seay Mendonca Pililaau Brittin Benavidez

Watson class	Watson Sisler Dahl Red Cloud Charlton Watkins Pomeroy Soderman

Gordon class	Gordon Gilliland

Shughart class	Shughart Yano GySgt. Fred W. Stockham

List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

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