MV Bob Hope

{{short description|Cargo ship of the United States Navy}}

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USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300), the lead ship of its class of vehicle cargo ships for United States Army vehicle prepositioning, is a naval ship of the United States named after Bob Hope, the entertainer. Very few ships of the United States Navy have been named after a person who was alive at the time of the christening.

The contract to build her was awarded to Avondale Industries on 2 September 1993 and her keel was laid down on 29 May 1995. She was launched on 27 March 1997, and delivered on 18 November 1998.{{cite ship register|register=ABS|id=9820096|shipname=USNS Bob Hope|access-date=16 October 2012}}{{cite web|title=BOB HOPE (AKR 300)|url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AKR_300.HTML|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025005513/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AKR_300.HTML|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 25, 2016|website=Naval Vessel Register|access-date=11 February 2023}}

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

She has seen service delivering supplies and equipment to the Balkans and Iraq.

Bob Hope was transferred to the US Maritime Administration on 19 December 2022.

Bobs Hopes new berth is Terminal #2 Berth 206 Portland, Oregon.

'''Bob Hope: Named for famed entertainer:

Bob Hope is named for entertainer Bob Hope who received the Congressional Gold Metal, the nation's highest civilian honor for his role as "Americas most prized ambassador of goodwill. Bob Hope is the first entertainer to have a Navy Ship named in his honor; appropriate considering his unflagging support of countless American troops over the course of more than five decades. From World War II to Desert Storm, Bob Hope has raised the morale of numerous U.S. troops stationed in war-torn countries far from home. The Honorable John H. Dalton, former Secretary of the Navy, summed it up when he said, "Bob Hope our admiral in charge of entertainment and troop morale."