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US SHIPS with
HISPANIC NAMES

USNS BENAVIDEZ
(T-AKR_306)

USS GONZALEZ
(DDG-66)

USNS MARTINEZ
(T-AP-187)

USNS VALDEZ
(T-AG-169)

USS GARCIA
(FF-1040)

USS VALDEZ
(FF-1096)

USNS CHAVEZ
(T-AKE-14)

USS PERALTA
(DDG 115)

 



Some Information courtesy of Wikipedia - more info here

USNS BENAVIDEZ (T-AKR-306)


USNS Benavidez (T-AKR-306)
is a Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy. She was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans and delivered to the Navy on 10 September 2003. They assigned her to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command. The USNS Benavidez is named for Medal of Honor recipient Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez, and is one of 11 Surge LMSRs operated by a private company under contract to the Military Sealift Command. She is assigned to the MSC Atlantic surge force and is maintained in Ready Operational Status 4.

Name: USNS Benavidez
Operator: Military Sealift Command
Builder: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans
Laid down: 15 December 1999
Launched: 11 August 2001
Completed: 10 September 2003
Identification:
  • IMO number: 9218210
  • MMSI number: 368026000
  • Callsign: NBHG
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship
Displacement:
  • 35,500 t.(lt)
  • 62096 t.(fl)
Length: 951 ft 5 in (290.0 m)
Beam: 106 ft (32.3 m)
Draft: 34 ft 10 in (10.6 m) maximum
Propulsion:
  • 4 × Colt Pielstick 10 PC4.2 V diesels
  • 65,160 hp(m) (47.89 MW)
Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h)
Capacity:
  • 300,000 sq ft (28,000 m2)
  • 49,991 sq ft (4,644.3 m2) deck cargo
Complement:
  • 26 reduced / up to 45 full, civilian mariners
  • 50 US Navy personnel

 

On May 2, 1968, a 12-man Special Forces patrol, which included nine Montagnard tribesmen, was surrounded by an NVA infantry battalion of about 1,000 men. Benavidez heard the radio appeal for help and boarded a helicopter to respond. Armed only with a knife, he jumped from the helicopter carrying his medical bag and ran to help the trapped patrol. Benavidez "distinguished himself by a series of daring and extremely valorous actions... and because of his gallant choice to join voluntarily his comrades who were in critical straits, to expose himself constantly to withering enemy fire, and his refusal to be stopped despite numerous severe wounds, saved the lives of at least eight men.

On February 24, 1981, President Ronald Reagan presented Roy P. Benavidez with the Medal of Honor. Reagan turned to the press and said, "If the story of his heroism were a movie script, you would not believe it".