At Gamboa Station, Panama Canal.

Name: USNS Mendonca
Operator: Military Sealift Command
Builder: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans
Laid down: 3 November 1997
Launched: 25 May 1999
Completed: 30 January 2001

Identification:

IMO number: 9147320
MMSI number: 338846000
Callsign: NBMK

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

USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303) 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 30 January 2001. They assigned her to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command. Mendonca is named for Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Leroy A. Mendonca, 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.