 MV Carolyn Chouest with NR-1.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Carolyn Chouest |
| Owner | Edison Chouest Offshore[1] |
| Builder | North American Shipbuilding Co., Larose, LA |
| Acquired | June 1994 |
| In service | 1994 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Currently in service |
| Notes | Leased to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), contractor operated and controlled |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean surveillance ship |
| Displacement | 1599 tons |
| Length | 238 ft (73 m) |
| Beam | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Installed power | 2 × 12-cylinder Caterpillar diesel engines 10,800 hp (8,100 kW) |
| Propulsion | Two Kort Nozzle variable-pitch propellers |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
MV Carolyn Chouest is a chartered support ship for the United States Navy that was originally assigned to the Special Missions Program to support NR-1, the deep submergence craft. She towed NR-1 between work areas, served as a floating supply warehouse and provided quarters for extra crew until the NR-1 was removed from service in 2008.
Since the 2010s the ship has been used to support American special forces units in the Pacific region.[2][3]
- ^ "Chouest". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- ^ Altman, Howard; Trevithick, Joseph (14 April 2022). "This Is The Shadowy Special Operations Mothership You've Never Heard Of". The Drive. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ Rogoway, Tyler (19 April 2022). "Pentagon Posts Rare Photo Of Navy SEAL-Laden Special Ops Sea Base". The Drive. Retrieved 19 April 2022.