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United States Naval Ship

Term · Defense and military · MLC-T-DEF-001736

A public vessel of the United States that is in the custody of the Navy and operated by the Military Sealift Command with a civil service crew or operated by a commercial company under contract to the Military Sealift Command with a merchant marine crew.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-DEF-001736
FieldDefense and military
AbbreviationUSNS
ReferencesJP 3-36
See alsoMilitary Sealift Command
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "United States Naval Ship",
  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "A public vessel of the United States that is in the custody of the Navy and operated by the Military Sealift Command with a civil service crew or operated by a commercial company under contract to the Military Sealift Command with a merchant marine crew.",
  "abbreviation": "USNS",
  "see_also": [
    "Military Sealift Command"
  ],
  "references": [
    "JP 3-36"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/united-states-naval-ship/"
}

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