USNS Red Cloud explained
USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR 313) is one of
Military Sealift Command's nineteen
Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR)
[1] Ships and is one of the 49 ships in the
prepositioning program.
[2] She is a
Watson-class vehicle cargo ship named for Corporal
Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr., a
Medal of Honor recipient, after whom
Camp Red Cloud in Korea is also named.
Laid down on 29 June 1998 and launched on 7 August 1999, Red Cloud was put into service on 18 January 2000.[3]
In 2003 Red Cloud was deployed to transport U.S. Army vehicles to Kuwait to support Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On 12 August 2015, an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed on the deck of the Red Cloud when demonstrating capabilities to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The Red Cloud was operating approximately eight miles east of Ukibaru Island. Of the seventeen service members on board the helicopter, seven suffered non-life-threatening injuries.[4]
References
- Web site: MSC Ship Inventory - Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off. www.msc.navy.mil. 2015-10-20.
- Web site: Strategic Sealift (PM3). www.msc.navy.mil. 2015-10-20.
- Web site: USNS Red Cloud (T-AKR 313). navysite.de. 2015-10-20.
- Web site: Army Black Hawk Was Conducting SOF Demonstration For Japanese When Crash Occurred. 2015-08-14. USNI News. 2016-06-29.
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