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USNS CHOCTAW COUNTY is the second ship in the SPEARHEAD - class of Expeditionary Fast Transports and the first ship in the Navy named after the three counties in Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma which were all named for the Choctaw tribe.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: January 28, 2010 |
Keel laid: November 8, 2011 | |
Launched: October 1, 2012 | |
Delivered: June 6, 2013 | |
Builder: Austal USA, Mobile, Al. | |
Propulsion system: four MTU 20V8000 M71L diesel engines, four ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears | |
Propellers: four Wartsila WLD 1400 SR waterjets | |
Length: 337.9 feet (103 meters) | |
Beam: 93.5 feet (28.5 meters) | |
Draft: 12.5 feet (3.83 meters) | |
Displacement: approx. 2,460 tons full load | |
Speed: 43 knots | |
Aircraft: helicopter platform only | |
Capacity: 312 troops, 600 short tons, 20,000 square feet | |
Armament: four M2 .50caliber machine guns | |
Crew: 22 civilian mariners (up to 42 crew possible) |
Crew List:
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USNS CHOCTAW COUNTY. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
USNS CHOCTAW COUNTY Image Gallery:
The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the CHOCTAW COUNTY at the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on May 26, 2023.