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MV MAJ. Bernard F. Fisher (AK-4396)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - November - Hotel - Foxtrot
 NNHF
LTC Calvin P. Titus Class Logistics Prepositioning Ship:
  • Built in 1999 as MV Sea Fox by Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense, Denmark
  • Acquired by Sealift Inc., Oyster Bay N.Y. in 1999 for charter to the US Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC)
  • Renamed MV MAJ. Bernard F. Fisher (AK-4396)
  • MV Maj. Bernard F. Fisher provides the Air Force with propositioned ammunition stocks
  • MV MAJ. Bernard F. Fisher (AK-4396) is one of the Military Sealift Command's seven Container Ships and is part of the 36 ships in the Prepositioning Program
  • MV MAJ. Bernard F. Fisher (AK-4396) is assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Program Squadron Two and operates out of Diego Garcia
    Specifications:
    Displacement 48,000 t.(fl)
    Length 652'
    Beam 105'
    Draft 34' (max)
    Speed 19 kts.
    Armament none
    Complement 21 Civilian Mariners
    Propulsion 23,030 SHP Sulzer, Model 7RTA76; 1 shaft
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    Maj. Bernard F. Fisher 45k MV MAJ. Bernard F. Fisher (AK-4396) underway, date and location unknown. MSC web site
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    Medal of Honor Citation for MAJ. Bernard F Fisher USAF
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