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USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Victor - Juliet
NBVJ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
National Defense Service Medal

Bob Hope Class Vehicle Cargo Ship (LMSR) Medium-speed Roll-on/Roll-off ship:

Laid down, 3 May 1999, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' Avondale Operations, New Orleans, LA.

Launched, 11 November 2000

Delivered to the US Navy, 11 July 2002

Assigned to the Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305)

USNS Brittin (T-AKR-305) is one of the Navy's 11 Surge LMSRs operated by a private company under contract to MSC

Specifications:
Displacement 35,500 t.(lt) 62,069 t.(fl)
Length 951'
Beam 106'
Draft 34' (max)
Speed 24 kts.
Cargo Capacity 380,000 sq. ft. plus 49,991 sq. ft. deck cargo

Complement

Civilian Mariners 26 reduced / up to 45 full

US Navy personnel 50

Armament none

Propulsion

four Colt Pielstick 10 PC4.2 V Diesels, 65,160 hp(m) (47.89 MW)

two shafts, cp props

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	127k	*USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305)** launching, 11 November 2000, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' Avondale Operations, New Orleans, LA. US Navy photo	Robert Hurst
	55k	*USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305)** underway in Puget Sound, circa August 2008.	Photo by Chris Hugo
	79k	*USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305)** underway in Puget Sound, 20 September 2010.	Photos by Chris Hugo
	54k
	199k
0954030517	175k	*USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305) offloads after docking at the Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas, Ponce, Puerto Rico, 3 November 2017. Brittin** carried 300 mobile generators, 43 bucket trucks, 33 digger derricks, one UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, as well as additional supplies, on a four-day voyage from Joint Base Charleston Naval Weapons Station, SC. by Steven Shepard.	Robert Hurst
0954030518	135k	*USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305)** offloading supplies at Ponce, Puerto Rico, 5 November 2017. US Army photo # 171105-Z-KA180-0004 by Spc. Samuel D. Keenan.	Robert Hurst
0954030519	294k	*USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305)** docked at Rafael Cordero Santiago Port, Ponce, Puerto Rico, as viewed by helicopter during a congressional delegation aerial tour, 6 November 2017, of Hurricane "Maria" affected areas led by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), chairman of the Senate Committee of Energy and Natural Resources, US Army photo # 171106-A-YN645-04 by Steven Shepard	Robert Hurst
	172k	The Improved Navy Lighterage System (INLS) *Warping Tug 11* hip tows the INLS *Causeway Ferry 07* power module into place along side *USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305)** in order to be fueled during Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) 18. JLOTS-18 marks the beginning of U.S. Southern Command's exercise Beyond the Horizon, led by U.S. Army South, that helps to bolster regional and partner relations through humanitarian and civic assistance projects, medical readiness exercises and exercise related construction projects taking place in El Salvador. US Navy Photo # 180418-N-VO150-160 ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (April 18, 2018) by MC2 Kenneth Gardner	Lee Wahler
0954030516	141k	Maritime Prepositioning Force Utility Boat 27, operated by Sailors from Assault Craft Unit Two (ACU-2), off Acajutla, El Salvador, 21 April 2018. Serves as the medical boat during Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) 18.. Note *USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305)** in the background. U.S. Navy photo # 180424-N-VO150-223 by MC2 Kenneth Gardner.	Robert Hurst
	253k	*USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305)** pierside in Acajutla, El Salvador, during Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) 18. JLOTS 18 is part of U.S. Southern Command's exercise Beyond the Horizon, led by U.S. Army South, that helps to bolster regional and partner relations through humanitarian and civic assistance projects, medical readiness exercises, and exercise related construction projects taking place in El Salvador. US Navy Photo # 180427-N-VO150-238 ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (April 25, 2018) by MC2 Kenneth Gardner	Lee Wahler
0954030508	196k	*USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305)** southbound in the Panama Canal at the Pedro Miguel Locks, 30 June 2020. Photo by Warshipcam.	Chin Yu Chu
0954030509	241k	*USNS Brittin* (T-AKR-305)** drydocking at Atlanta Alabama Shipyard in Mobile, AL., 10 October 2022	Photos by Brandon J. Varner
0954030510	210k		Photos by Brandon J. Varner