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History
United States
Ordered	26 November 1996
Builder	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	4 January 1999
Launched	11 December 1999
In service	23 May 2000
Identification	IMO number: 9231664 MMSI number: 338902000 Callsign: NJTC
Status	Active in Reduced Operational Status
General characteristics
Class & type	Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
Displacement	69,000 tons
Length	950 ft
Beam	106 ft
Draft	34 ft
Propulsion	Gas turbine

USNS Charlton (T-AKR-314) is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship named for Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton, a Medal of Honor recipient.

History

Laid down on 4 January 1999 and launched on 11 December 1999, Charlton was put into service in the Pacific Ocean on 23 May 2000.

Cornelius H. Charlton was transferred to the US Maritime Administration on 30 September 2025.

References

Media related to IMO 9231664 at Wikimedia Commons

•  This article incorporates public domain material from Charlton (T-AKR-314) at the Naval Vessel Register.