TAKR 300 Bob Hope
Secretary of the Navy John H. Dalton announced on January 27, 1994 that a new class of sealift ships would be named for the entertainer Bob Hope. USNS Bob Hope is the lead ship in the new Bob Hope class of sealift ships being built by Avondale Industries, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana.
Her heel was laid on May 29, 1995, and she was launched on March 27, 1997. She was finally delivered to the Navy on November 18, 1998.
In June 1999 the Bob Hope transported armor from the 1st Infantry Division to Kosovo from Bremerhaven, Germany.
In July 2002 the USNS Bob Hope, pierside at Naval Weapons Station Charleston, S.C. Took part in Operation Southern Breeze a military operation developed to evaluate and increase a crew's ability to survive and then recover from a chemical attack on a non-combatant cargo ship. The Navy already has plenty of data on protecting combatant ships from possible chemical warfare attacks, but almost none on cargo ship operations, an aspect of the global war on terrorism that is of paramount interest to Military Sealift Command. At the same time, the results of the testing will be directly applicable to commercial ships in the U.S. maritime industry.
The USNS Bob Hope departed Jacksonville on February 15, 2003 carrying equipment belonging to the 101st Airborne Division.
Bob Hope
The lead ship was named Bob Hope in honor of his more than
50 years of support to U.S. forces stationed around the world.
With the USNS Bob Hope coming into service, the spirit of this
renowned entertainer will continue to support the armed forces
for many years to come.
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