USNS Black Powder
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Black Powder |
Namesake | Gunpowder |
Operator |
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Builder | Leevec Industries, Jennings, Louisiana |
Launched | 2009 |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Black Powder-class submarine and special warfare support vessel |
Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Armament |
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USNS Black Powder (T-AGSE-1) is a Black Powder-class submarine support vessel acquired by the U.S. Navy in 2015 and assigned to Military Sealift Command.
Construction
Black Powder was built in 2009 by Leevec Industries, Jennings, Louisiana, for Hornbeck Offshore Services.
See also
References
- ^ Ken W. Sayers (23 May 2019). U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today. ISBN 978-1-4766-7256-4.
External links
- Media related to IMO 9472347 at Wikimedia Commons
- USNS Black Powder (T-AGSE-1)