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MV Vice Adm. K.R. Wheeler (AG-5001)

Vice Adm. K.R. Wheeler Class OPDS Ship:
  • Built, date unknown, by Edison Chouest
  • Delivered, 20 September 2007, at Elgin Air Force Base, FL., under contract for five years
  • MV Vice Adm. K.R. Wheeler can deliver 500,000-barrel of petroleum products from up to eight miles offshore through its OPDS pipes
  • Placed in service, 20 September 2007 by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as MV Vice Adm. K.R. Wheeler (T-AG-5001)
  • MV Vice Adm. K.R. Wheeler (AG-5001) in assigned to the Pacific area, Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three and is pre-positioned in the Guam/Saipan area
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 349'
    Beam 70'
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement 24 contract civilians and 16 MSC civilian mariners
    Armament none
    Propulsion unknown
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    Petersburg 9k MV Vice Adm. K.R. Wheeler (AG-5001) underway during underway sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Lee Wahler
    Petersburg 547k MV Vice Adm. K.R. Wheeler (AG-5001) underway during underway off Elgin Air Force Base, FL., September 2007. MSC web site
    Petersburg 823k Capt. Rob Verret, master of MV Vice Adm. K.R. Wheeler (AG-5001), Cdr. Ron Oswald, Commanding Officer, Military Sealift Command Office, Korea, Capt. Jim Romano, Commander, Sealift Logistics Command, Far East and Walt Christiansen, director of the Busan United Seamen’s Service Center, take a ceremonial wreath towards the water on National Maritime Day, held May 16 in Busan, South Korea. Maritime Day honors the service and sacrifice of merchant mariners past and present. The wreath was retrieved and taken aboard Wheeler, where, on May 19, it will be released in open water to honor thousands of mariners who perished in service to the nation.
    US Navy photo 80516-N-3392B-002 BUSAN Republic of Korea (16 May 2008) by Edward Baxter.    		 Bill Gonyo
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