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USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5)


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - Sierra - Victor
ADSV
Gen. Frank S. Besson Jr. Class Logistics Supply Vessel:
  • Built at Moss Point Marine (VT Halter Marine, Inc.), Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered, 30 April 1991
  • Commissioned USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5) in 1991
  • Homeport, unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,199 t.
    Length 273'
    Beam 60'
    Draft 12'
    Speed 12 kts
    Range 8,200 at 12.5 kts
    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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    MG Chalres P. Gross
    30100503
    11k
    Namesake
    Major General Charles P. Gross USA (1889-1975) graduated from the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, class of 1914. He attained the rank of major general before his retirement from active duty in 1945. Charles Philip Gross (1889-1975) born in Brooklyn, New York. He received his commission in the Corps of Engineers upon his graduation from West Point in 1914. While serving as commanding officer of 318th Engineers, AEF, during World War I, he was wounded in battle at Meuse-Argonne. After World War I, he was an instructor at West Point from 1922 to 1926. During 1940 and 1941, he served as District Engineer at Rock Island, Illinois. He achieved the rank of brigadier general in March 1942, then major general in August 1942. From 1942 to 1945, he was a member of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, and attended conferences at Washington, Quebec, Malta, Yalta and Potsdam. He retired as a major general in August 1948.
    Tommy Trampp
    MG Chalres P. Gross
    30100505
    63k USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5) moored pierside, 21 June 2011, location unknown.
    Photo from www.flickriver.com by Zane Johnston
    John Spivey
    MG Chalres P. Gross
    30100502
    100k USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5) (left) and USAV MG Robert Smalls (LSV-8) (right) with USAV Churubusco (LCU-2013) alongside, moored in the Persian Gulf, 9 November 2012.
    Photo taken by General125 (real name unknown)
    Robert Hurst
    MG Chalres P. Gross
    30100501
    31k USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5) arrives at a port in the Persian Gulf for the Iron Union 17-4 exercise in the United Arab Emirates, 10 September 2017.
    US Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Milnes.
    US Army.Mil
    MG Chalres P. Gross
    30100504
    130k USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5) transits the Arabian Gulf under escort by a U.S. Navy Mark VI patrol boat (not visible), assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 56, 14 July 2020. CTF 56 was responsible for planning and execution of expeditionary missions, including coastal riverine operations, in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operation.
    U.S. Navy photo # 200714-N-FO574-1025
    Robert Hurst
    MG Chalres P. Gross
    30100506
    55k USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5) moored in Detyens Shipyard, Charleston, S.C., date unknown
    Photo from www.flickriver.com by Zane Johnston
    John Spivey

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