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Naval support & landing craft1998-present
Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off
Watson-class vehicle cargo ship is a large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off. It was built by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company.
Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
US Navy photo · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedWatson class
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
1996–2002
1998-present
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Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off
62,970 tons full
951.4 ft (290.0 m)
106 ft (32.3 m)
34.1 ft (10.4 m) maximum
Gas turbine
24 knots (44 km/h)
393,000 ft 2 (36,511 m 2 )
26 civilian crew (up to 45); up to 50 active duty
helicopter landing area
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country of origin United States 0 references
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 290 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 290 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 290 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 290 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 290 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 290 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 290 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 290 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Watson-class vehicle cargo ship equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Prepositioning (PM3) exact named class holdings of Watson. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT / AKR. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The source declares a separate Prepositioning (PM3) subsection within Military Sealift Command (MSC). The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities.
Ready Reserve Force exact named class holdings of Watson. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT / AKR. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The source declares a separate Ready Reserve Force subsection within US Maritime Administration (MARAD). The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities. The source states ships at readiness up to a maximum of 30 days; this is a separately named reserve fleet count, not immediately deployable ships.
Reported count for Watson -class. Service scope: Navy (MSC); does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): active: 8. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.