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USNS Bob Hope AKR-300
A non-combatant roll-on/roll-off vessel crewed by U.S. civilian mariners under the Navy's Military Sealift Command, used to preposition tanks, trucks and other wheeled vehicles and supplies needed to support an army heavy brigade.