AK 9301 Buffalo Soldier 

Overview

AK 9301 Buffalo Soldier is one of three ships currently under charter to support the US Air Force's ammunition prepositioning mission. Buffalo Soldier is a roll-on/roll-off self-sustaining container ship built in 1978. It is 670 feet long, 87 feet wide and has a deadweight tonnage of 26,438 long tons. The ship has 143,000 square feet of cargo carrying capacity, or room for 1,063 20-foot containers. Its 120-long-ton capacity roll-on/roll-off ramp enables most any vehicle to be driven aboard. It can sail at a speed of 16 knots. Buffalo Soldier is currently prepositioned in Diego Garcia. The ship is named in honor of African-Americans who served in the Union Army during the US Civil War.