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MV CAPT. Stephen L. Bennett (AK-4296)

Capt. Stephen L. Bennett Class Logistics Prepositioning Ship:
  • Built in 1984 as MV Sea Pride by Samsung Shipbuilding, South Korea
  • Acquired, 21 May 1997 by the US Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) on a 59 month time-charter contract to Ultra Maritime, Inc. (a subsidiary of Sealift, Inc.), Oyster Bay, N.Y.
  • Renamed MC CAPT. Stephen L. Bennett (AK-4296)
  • MV CAPT. Stephen L. Bennett (AK-4296) is one of the Military Sealift Command's seven Container Ships and is part of the 36 ships in the Prepositioning Program
  • MV CAPT. Stephen L. Bennett (AK-4296) is assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Program Squadron Two and operates out of Diego Garcia
    Specifications:
    Displacement 52,898 t.(fl)
    Length 687'
    Beam 100'
    Draft 38' (max)
    Speed 18.3 kts.
    Armament none
    Complement 21 Civilian Mariners
    Propulsion diesel, single propeller
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    Capt. Stephen L. Bennett 58k MV CAPT. Stephen L. Bennett (AK-4296) underway, date and location unknown. MSC web site
    Capt. Stephen L. Bennett 166k MV CAPT. Stephen L. Bennett (AK-4296) at anchor, 28 February 2007, location unknown.
    Photo courtesy of Haus, U.S. Merchant Marine service    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for MV CAPT. Stephen L. Bennett (AK-4296) at NavSource
    Medal of Honor Citation for CAPT. Stephen L. Bennett USAF
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