Where is USNS Dahl now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for USNS Dahl in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is USNS Dahl?

USNS Dahl is a transport vessel, built in 1999 by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. The vessel is 289.6 m long and has a gross tonnage of 73,204.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for USNS Dahl?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for USNS Dahl from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for USNS Dahl. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

USNS Dahl

transport vessel · built 1999

IMO9117040No AIS position on record

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In short

USNS Dahl (transport vessel) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type: transport vessel
Flag: —
Year built: 1999
Gross tonnage: 73,204
Size (length × beam): 290 m
Registered owner: —

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Photo of USNS Dahl — Photo: Military Sealift Command · Licence: Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Last reported position

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Identity & particulars

Name: USNS Dahl
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 9117040
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: transport vessel
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 73,204
Length overall: 289.6 m
Beam: —
Year built: 1999

A tag next to a value names the register that supplied it (hover or tap it for the record and date). Values without a tag come from the ship's own AIS broadcasts or from Wikidata. Position and identity are derived live from AIS.

Ownership & management

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Operator: United States Navy
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026
Builder: NASSCO
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

Timeline

Dated events for this ship from every source Voydar holds, newest first. Each line names its source; derived items say how they were derived.

Date	Event	Source
May 26, 2005	Reported departure from CharlestonAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Dec 21, 2004	Reported departure from SavannahAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Oct 19, 2004	Reported departure from BeaumontAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Owner, operator and manager changes found by comparing yearly EU MRV reports are dated to the reporting year ("during 2025"), not to a day. Port calls here are the most recent only; the full lists are further down.

Port calls

Two kinds of evidence, kept apart: calls Voydar detected from the ship's AIS positions, and arrivals and departures published by port authorities and customs records.

Reported by authorities Authority-reported

Port	Record	Date (UTC)	Berth	Source
Charleston USCHS	Departure	May 26, 2005(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Savannah USSAV	Departure	Dec 21, 2004(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Beaumont USBPT	Departure	Oct 19, 2004(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Beaumont USBPT	Arrival	Oct 7, 2004(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Charleston USCHS	Arrival	Apr 20, 2004(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Newport News USNNS	Departure	Jan 16, 2004(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Beaumont USBPT	Departure	Aug 13, 2003(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Charleston USCHS	Departure	Apr 12, 2002(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Charleston USCHS	Arrival	Jan 25, 2002(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Charleston USCHS	Departure	Jan 2, 2002(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: January 2, 2002.

Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.

About USNS Dahl

USNS Dahl (T-AKR-312) 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 Specialist Larry G. Dahl, a Medal of Honor recipient. Laid down on 12 November 1997 and launched on 2 October 1998, Dahl was put into service in the Pacific Ocean on 13 July 1999. According to The Guardian, the human rights group Reprieve identified the Dahl and sixteen other USN vessels as having held "ghost prisoners" in clandestine extrajudicial detention.

Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.

Frequently asked questions

Where is USNS Dahl now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for USNS Dahl in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is USNS Dahl?: USNS Dahl is a transport vessel, built in 1999 by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. The vessel is 289.6 m long and has a gross tonnage of 73,204.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for USNS Dahl?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for USNS Dahl from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for USNS Dahl. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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