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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | SS Curtiss |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 1 April 1968 |
| Launched | 1 December 1968 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1969 |
| Renamed | SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4), 14 May 1986 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wright-class Aviation Logistics Support (Roll-on/Roll-off) Container Ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 602 ft (183 m) |
| Beam | 90 ft (27 m) |
| Draft | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared steam turbine, single propeller |
| Speed | 18.7 knots (34.6 km/h; 21.5 mph) |
| Complement | 362 (37 merchant mariners and 1 Aircraft Maintenance Detachment) |
SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4) is one of two Wright-class aviation logistics support ship converted for the Military Sealift Command by Todd Shipyards in 1987.[1]