History
United States
Ordered	26 November 1996
Builder	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	4 January 1999
Launched	11 December 1999
In service	23 May 2000
Identification	IMO number: 9231664 MMSI number: 338902000 Callsign: NJTC
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
Displacement	69,000 tons
Length	950 ft
Beam	106 ft
Draft	34 ft
Propulsion	Gas turbine

USNS Charlton (T-AKR-314) 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 Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton, a Medal of Honor recipient.

History

Laid down on 4 January 1999 and launched on 11 December 1999, Charlton was put into service in the Pacific Ocean on 23 May 2000.

References

Media related to IMO 9231664 at Wikimedia Commons

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.