USNS Pomeroy
vehicle cargo ship · United States
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- USNS Pomeroy
- IMO number
- 9232242
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Vessel type
- vehicle cargo ship
- Gross tonnage
- 72,737
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 289.6 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 2001
- Builder
- National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- United States Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About USNS Pomeroy
USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR-316) 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 Private First Class Ralph E. Pomeroy, a Medal of Honor recipient. Laid down on 25 April 2000 and launched on 10 March 2001, Pomeroy was put into service in the Pacific Ocean on 14 August 2001. According to The Guardian the human rights group Reprieve identified the Pomeroy and sixteen other USN vessels as having held "ghost prisoners" in clandestine extrajudicial detention. The Navy announced it would transfer the USNS Pomeroy on 1 April 2026 to the US Maritime Administration.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is USNS Pomeroy now?
- USNS Pomeroy has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is USNS Pomeroy?
- USNS Pomeroy is a vehicle cargo ship sailing under the flag of United States, built in 2001 by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. The vessel is 289.6 m long and has a gross tonnage of 72,737.
- Who owns USNS Pomeroy?
- USNS Pomeroy is operated by United States Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has USNS Pomeroy been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for USNS Pomeroy appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).