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Active in service as of 2008[update] |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
8,650 tons |
| Length: |
521 feet |
| Beam: |
76 feet |
| Draft: |
33 feet |
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| Speed: |
16 knots |
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| Complement: |
21 contract mariners |
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Motor Vessel MV American Tern (T-AK-4729) is a container ship in the service of the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command. She makes regular voyages to resupply McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
Another view of the
American Tern