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USNS YANO   (T-AKR 297)
Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ship

USNS YANO

View Sgt. 1st Class Rodney J. T. Yano's Medal of Honor citation

USNS Yano is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 26 ships in Military Sealift Command's Sealift Program Office.

• Length:  907 feet
• Beam:  105 feet, 6 inches
• Draft:  34 feet, 10 inches
• Displacement:  55,123 long tons
• Speed:  24.0 knots
• Civilian:  30 contract mariners
• Government-Owned/
   Chartered: 
Government-owned
 

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This vessel is operated by the U.S. government and used only on non-commercial government service.

Last modified: September 12, 2007 

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