page_title: Randy Shughart
section_title: USNS Shughart
hierarchical_section_title: Randy Shughart / Awards and decorations / USNS Shughart
caption_attribution_description: English: United States Navy Large, Medium-speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ship: Shughart T-AKR 295 U.S. Navy Photo Contents 1 Copyright status 2 Source of image 3 Licensing 4 Original upload log Copyright status Public domain: U.S. Navy. Source of image Taken on January 14, 2004 from [1]: Ships of the United States Navy
context_page_description: Randall David Shughart was a United States Army Delta Force soldier who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Mogadishu, during Operation Gothic Serpent in October 1993.
context_section_description: In 1997, the Navy named roll-on/roll-off ship USNS Shughart (T-AKR-295) in a ceremony at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego. The ceremony was attended by a number of Naval officers and politicians including John W. Douglass, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition; Senator Bob Kerrey; as well as his Commanding officer at the time of his death, and others. The ship was the first "Large Medium Speed Roll On/Roll Off (LMSR) ship" to undergo conversion from a commercial container vessel to a sealift cargo ship.
caption: Roll-on/roll-off ship Shughart
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