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USNS Yano (T-AKR-297)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Quebec - Hotel NAQH

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Op. Restore Hope, Somalia)

Shughart Class Large Medium-speed Roll-on/Roll-off ship:

Built 1980 as the commercial container ship SS Leise Maersk at Lindovaerftet, Odense, Denmark, and lengthened by Hyundai in 1987

Launched, date unknown

Delivered for commercial service in June1980

Acquired by the US Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC), date unknown

Converted to a Shughart Class Large Medium Speed Roll on/Roll off ship at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA.

Delivered and assigned to MSC as USNS Yano (T-AKR-297), 8 February 1997

USNS Yano (T-AKR-297) is one of the Navy's 28 Strategic Sealift Ships operated by MSC

USNS Yano is assigned to the MSC Atlantic surge force and is maintained in Readiness Operational Status 4 (ROS-4) in a lay berth at Newport News, VA.

Towed from Newport News to Beaumont TX. in April 2022 for lay up in the Maritime Administration National Defense Trsfy Reserve Force, Beaumont.

Specifications:
Displacement 32,589t.(lt) 61,737 t.(fl)
Length 908' 8"
Beam 105' 6"
Draft 34' 8" (max)
Speed 24 kts.
Cargo Capacity 312,461 sq. ft.

Complement

Civilian Mariners, 12 reduced / 28 up to 45 full

US Navy 50 Navy (2 officers, 48 enlisted)

Aircraft helicopter platform only

Armament none

Propulsion

one Burmeister & Wain 12L90 GFCA Diesel

single shaft

bow and stern thrusters

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Commercial Service
	65k	SS Leise Maersk departing Hong Kong in November 1982.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
0954029706	77k	SS Leise Maersk moored pierside, date and location unknown. Photo from Maritime Optima	Robert Hurst
USNS Yano (T-AKR-297)
	75k	*USNS Yano* (T-AKR-297)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
0954029704	123k	Ovehead view of *USNS Yano* (T-AKR 297)** underway, date and location unknown. Photo from www.picryl.com by Military Sealift Command	John Spivey
0954029703	86k	The tug *Signet Warhorse II* towing *USNS Yano* (T-AKR 297)** out of the Newport News Marine Terminal in Newport News, VA., 22 April 2022, to the Maritime Administration Reserve Fleet in Beaumont, Texas, where she will permanently join MARAD’s Ready Reserve Force (RRF). US Navy photo # 220425-N-AC165-0003 by LaShawn Sykes, MSC	DVIDS

USNS Yano (T-AKR-297)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Sergeant First Class Rodney J. T. Yano United States Army Medal of Honor Citation

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval History and Heritage Command - Sergeant First Class Rodney J.T. Yano

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