USNS Dahl (T-AKR-312) is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship named for Specialist Larry G. Dahl, a Medal of Honor recipient.

USNS Dahl in 2008
History
United States
Awarded20 October 1994
BuilderNational Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Laid down12 November 1997
Launched2 October 1998
In service13 July 1999
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeWatson-class vehicle cargo ship
Displacement29,000 tons
Length950 ft
Beam106 ft
Draft34 ft
PropulsionGas turbine

Laid down on 12 November 1997 and launched on 2 October 1998, Dahl was put into service in the Pacific Ocean on 13 July 1999.

According to The Guardian, the human rights group Reprieve identified the Dahl and sixteen other USN vessels as having held "ghost prisoners" in clandestine extrajudicial detention.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Duncan Campbell, Richard Norton-Taylor (2 June 2008). "Prison ships, torture claims, and missing detainees". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-06-01. mirror