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MV Strong Virginian (AKR-9205)


Lift-on/Lift-off Heavy Lift Ship:
  • Built in 1984 as MV Saint Magnus-85 at Bremer Vulkan, Bremen, Germany
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Renamed MV Jolly Indaco, (date unknown
  • Acquired by the US Maritime Administration in March 1997, on lease from Van Ommeren Shipping (USA), Inc. of Stamford, CT.
  • MV Strong Virginian (AKR-9205) was assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Squadron Two at Diego Garcia.
  • Lease expired, 30 August 1998, returned to commercial service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,849 t.(lt) 31,390 t.(fl)
    Length 512'
    Beam 105'
    Draft 29' (max)
    Speed (unknown)
    Cargo Capacity (unknown)
    Complement (unknown)
    Armament none
    Propulsion two MaK 8,160bhp diesel engines, two propellers

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    Strong Virginian 110k MV Strong Virginian (AKR-9205) underway, date and location unknown. Sealift Inc. web site

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