RS RocketShip

	R/S RocketShip in 2019
History
Name	MV Delta Mariner (1999-2019); RS RocketShip (2019-present);
Owner	Banc of America Leasing & Capital
Operator	Keystone Shipping Company
Port of registry	Port Canaveral, Florida
Builder	Halter Marine; Moss Point, Mississippi;
Laid down	October 26, 1998
Launched	December 16, 1999
Christened	December 16, 1999
In service	May 18, 2000
Recommissioned	September 27, 2019
Identification	Call sign: WCZ7837; IMO number: 9198501; MMSI number: 338731000;
General characteristics
Type	Roll-on/roll-off cargo ship
Tonnage	8,679 GT; 3,953 NT; 3,887.6 LT DWT; 3,950 t DWT;
Length	312.6 ft (95.28 m)
Beam	82.0 ft (24.99 m)
Height	50 ft (15.2 m)
Draft	15.2 ft (4.64 m)
Depth	20.0 ft (6.09 m)
Installed power	2 × General Motors 16-710-G7A engines; (4,000 hp/2,983 kW each); 4 × Caterpillar 3412C generator engines; (831 hp/620 kW each); 1 × Caterpillar 3406C emergency engine; (371 hp/277 kW);
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) (max. ocean); 5 kn (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) (max. river);
Crew	16 + river pilots

R/S RocketShip, formerly M/V Delta Mariner, is a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship operated by Keystone Shipping Company for United Launch Alliance (ULA). Her primary role is transporting components for the ULA Atlas V, Delta IV and Vulcan rockets from the manufacturer, located in Decatur, Alabama, to launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The ship is designed for shallow inland waterways as well as the open ocean and is capable of carrying up to three 160-foot-long (49 m) Delta IV Common Booster Cores. Some cargos carried by RocketShip were formerly transported by an Antonov An-124 Ruslan from the manufacturer to the launch site.

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