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USNS 1ST LT. Harry L. Martin (T-AK-3015)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Foxtrot - Hotel NDFH

1ST LT. Harry L. Martin Class Maritime Con/RO Prepositioning Ship:

Built as MV Tarago at Bremer Vulkan, Bremen, Germany, delivered for commercial service in 1980

Acquired by the US Navy circa 1995

Converted for MSC service at Atlantic Drydock, Jacksonville, FL.

Placed in service, 20 April 2000, under the direction of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS 1ST LT. Harry L. Martin (T-AK-3015)

USNS 1ST LT. Harry L. Martin (T-AK-3015) is one of the Military Sealift Command's seventeen Container & Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 36 ships in the Prepositioning Program

USNS 1ST LT. Harry L. Martin (T-AK-3015) is assigned to the Pacific area, Maritime Prepositioning Program Squadron Three

Specifications:
Displacement 19,588 t.(lt), 39,450 t.(fl)
Length 754'
Beam 105' 10"
Draft 35' 11" (max)
Speed 17 kts.
Container Capacity 751
MOGAS 13,200 Gals
RO/RO Capacity 126,841 SQFT
Water Production (Daily) 25,000 Gals
Armament none
Aircraft helicopter platform only

Lighterage

one SLWT

six CSNP (RRDF)

Complement

27 Civilian Mariners 27

Military Technicians 12

Endurance 16,000 NM

Propulsion

one two-stroke Burmeister & Wain type K7SZ90/160 BL Diesel engine, Max 21,000 hp

one shaft

bow and stern thrusters

Size	Image Description	Source
119k	*Namesake* Harry Linn Martin was born on 4 January 1911 in Bucyrus, Ohio. He attended Bucyrus High School and Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan. While at Michigan State, he was an avid athlete and served in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. In 1936, Martin graduated from college and began employment with the Hawaiian Construction Tunnel Company of Honolulu, Hawaii. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve in August 1943, after completing his training Martin became an Engineer Officer and was assigned to the Second Battalion (later the 5th Pioneer Battalion), Sixteenth Marines, Fifth Marine Division. In the June of 1944, his unit was transferred to Hawaii to prepare for Pacific Theater combat operations. On 19 February 1945, as a platoon Leader with the Fifth Pioneer Battalion, Martin went ashore during the first day of the invasion of Iwo Jima. He was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant on 1 March. At dawn on 26 March, as the main fighting on the island neared an end, several hundred Japanese attacked his unit's bivouac area. Martin organized resistance, rescued surrounded Marines and, until mortally wounded by a grenade, led a counterattack. For his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life, " he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Harry L. Martin is buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio. US Navy photo # NH 103909 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center First Lieutenant Harry L. Martin, USMCR Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 221. Harry L. Martin received the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" on 26 February 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Medal of Honor Citation	Bill Gonyo
86k	*USNS 1ST LT. Harry L. Martin* (T-AK-3015)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	MSC web site
58k	*USNS 1ST LT. Harry L. Martin* (T-AK-3015)** pierside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Global Security web site
52k	*USNS 1ST LT. Harry L. Martin* (T-AK-3015)** pierside, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Global Security web site
61k	*USNS 1ST LT. Harry L. Martin* (T-AK-3015)** at anchor off Naval Station Norfolk, VA, during ship's DOT&E. Showing the testing of its stern ramp mated to a RRDF Ro/Ro Discharge Facility, early-May 2000. US Navy photo.	Lee Wahler
62k	*USNS 1ST LT. Harry L. Martin* (T-AK-3015)** alongside pier 12 at Naval Station Norfolk, VA, during ship's DOT&E. Showing the testing of its stern ramp mated to a RRDF Ro/Ro Discharge Facility, early-May 2000. US Navy photo.	Lee Wahler
666k	Sailors assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB-1) conduct offload lift on-lift off operations aboard *USNS 1st LT. Harry L. Martin* (T-AK-3015)** at Blount Island Command. NCHB-1 is the active duty rapid deployable unit of Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) whose primary mission is to deliver expeditionary logistics support to combatant commanders. US Navy photo # 120911-N-NT795-122 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 11, 2012) by BM2 Nelson Doromal.	Lee Wahler

USNS 1ST LT. Harry L. Martin (T-AK-3015)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
US Navy Fact File - Maritime Prepositioning Ships - T-AK

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