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USAV GEN. Brehon B. Somervell (LSV-3)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Alpha - Echo - Echo
 AAEE
Gen. Frank S. Besson Jr. Class Logistics Supply Vessel:
  • Built at Moss Point Marine (VT Halter Marine, Inc.), Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered, 26 July 1988
  • Commissioned USAV General Brehon B. Somervell (LSV-3) in 1988
  • Homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,910 t.
    Length 273'
    Beam 60'
    Draft 12'
    Speed 12 kts
    Range 14,816
    Complement
    8 Officers
    23 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 2,000 short tons
    Largest Boom Capacity unknown
    Armament unknown
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    two Electro motive Diesel engines (EMD) 16-646E2 producing 1,950 horsepower each at 999rpm
    two shafts
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    CW3 Harold C. Clinger
    30100302    		 183k USAV Gen. Brehon B. Somervell (LSV-3) approaches the surf zone as it comes alongside the elevated causeway system at Red Beach in Camp Pendleton, CA., 22 July 2008 during Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore (JLOTS) 2008.
    U.S. Navy photo # 080722-N-1424C-672 by MC2 Brian P. Caracci.    		 Robert Hurst
    General Frank S. Besson, Jr.
    30100303    		 178k Soldiers of the 481st Transportation Company along with crew members of USAV Gen. Brehon B. Somervell (LSV-3), prepared and loaded two Army tugboats, USAV Sag Harbor (ST-906) and USAV Desert Storm (ST-916), onto Gen. Brehon B. Somervell at Port Hueneme, CA., 21 July 2014. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell had just returned from Baltimore, MD., and was headed to its home unit in Tacoma, WA.
    U.S. Army photo # 140721-A-ZZ999-00    		 Robert Hurst
    General Frank S. Besson, Jr.
    30100304    		 154k USAV Gen. Brehon B. Somervell (LSV-3) moored alongside USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300) with Army tug USAV Sag Harbor (ST-906) outboard, at Port Townsend BAy, WA., date unknown.
    FLICKR submitted by Old Salt    		 John Spivey
    CW3 Harold C. Clinger
    30100301    		 37k The 8th Theater Sustainment Command officially welcomed the Logistics Support Vessel USAV Gen. Brehon B. Somervell (LSV-3) to its fleet 6 February 2019 during a blessing ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The ceremony not only welcomed the Somervell to its new home at JBPH-H, but also changed its watch back to the mission and requirements of the active Army as part of the 8th Special Troops Battalion, 8th TSC. Prior to joining the fleet of the 8th TSC, Somervell spent the majority of its Army career under the control of the U.S. Army Reserve. US Army photo by Capt. John D. Howard Jr.
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