{{short description|Cargo ship of the United States Navy}}

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'''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.<ref name=TheGuardian20080531b> {{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/02/terrorism.terrorism | title=Prison ships, torture claims, and missing detainees | work=The Guardian | author=Duncan Campbell, Richard Norton-Taylor | date=2 June 2008 | access-date=2008-06-01 }} [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/02/terrorism.terrorism mirror] </ref>

The Navy announced it would transfer the ''USNS'' ''Pomeroy'' on 1 April 2026 to the US Maritime Administration.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2026 |title=FY26 PROJECTED SHIP INACTIVATION SCHEDULE |url=https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/NAVADMIN/NAV2026/NAV26099.pdf?ver=OP3gjI3ZpsPkvBVkVlkYOA== |website=US Navy Human Resources}}</ref>

==References== <references/> *{{Naval Vessel Register|hull=T-AKR-316}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{navsource|09/54/540316}}

{{Watson class vehicle cargo ship}} {{Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pomeroy}} Category:Watson-class vehicle cargo ships Category:Ships built in San Diego Category:2001 ships