USNS Sisler

History
US
Awarded	20 October 1994
Builder	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	15 April 1997
Launched	28 February 1998
In service	1 December 1998
Status	in service
General characteristics
Class and type	Watson-class vehicle cargo ship
Displacement	29,000 tons
Length	950 ft
Beam	106 ft
Draft	34 ft
Propulsion	Gas turbine

USNS Sisler (T-ARK-311) 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 First Lieutenant George K. Sisler, a Medal of Honor recipient.

Laid down on 15 April 1997 and launched on 28 February 1998, Sisler was put into service in the Pacific Ocean on 1 December 1998.

External links

• Photo gallery at navsource.org
•  This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.