SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4)

Career
Name:	SS Curtiss
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down:	1 April 1968
Launched:	1 December 1968
Commissioned:	1 July 1969
Renamed:	USNS Curtiss (T-AVB-4), 14 May 1986
Status:	in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Class and type:	Wright-class Aviation Logistics Support (Roll-on/Roll-off) Container Ship
Displacement:	8,106 long tons (8,236 t) light 23,800 long tons (24,182 t) full
Length:	602 ft (183 m)
Beam:	90 ft (27 m)
Draft:	30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion:	Geared steam turbine, single propeller
Speed:	18.7 knots (34.6 km/h; 21.5 mph)

SS Curtiss (T-AVB-4) is one of two Wright-class Aviation Logistics Support (Roll-on/Roll-off) Container Ships built for the United States Navy in 1968.

Originally laid down 1 April 1968 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. of Pascagoula, Mississippi as SS Great Republic under Maritime Administration contract (MA 222), the ship was launched 1 December 1968 and delivered to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 1 July 1969. Renamed USNS Curtiss (T-AVB-4) on 14 May 1986, she was assigned to MARAD Ready Reserve Force, (RRF), MSC PM-5 Sealift Program Office, Logistics Prepositioning Force.

Curtiss provides support for Marine Corps helicopters and is maintained in reduced status ROS-5 (five day reactivation status) at Port Hueneme, California.

currently USNS Curtiss is at Pier 9 Naval Station San Diego.

References

• "T-AVB-4 Curtiss". Service Ship Photo Archive. http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/48/4804.htm. Retrieved June 19, 2007.