USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009)
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Dewayne T. Williams in April 2020
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Name | PFC Dewayne T. Williams |
Owner | Military Sealift Command |
Operator | Crowley Government Services |
Builder | General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Launched | 16 February 1985 |
Completed | 1985 |
Acquired | By Military Sealift Command on 17 January 2006 |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | dry cargo ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 673 ft (205 m) |
Beam | 105 ft (32 m) |
Draft | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Installed power | 2 × Stork Werkspoor 18TM410 (26,400 bhp combined) |
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Speed | 17.7 knots (32.8 km/h; 20.4 mph) |
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Complement | 10 officers, 30 crew, 25 civilian maintenance |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter platform |
USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009) is a dry cargo ship, one of the maritime prepositioning ships of the US Navy. She is named after Medal of Honor recipient and US Marine Dewayne T. Williams.
She was built by General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts, and acquired by the Navy under a long-term charter from 6 June 1985. The navy placed her under the direction of the Military Sealift Command as MV PFC Dewayne T. Williams (AK-3009), and assigned to be operated by American Overseas Marine Corporation. She was one of the ships assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Program Squadron One under the operational control of MSC Europe, operating in the Mediterranean.
She was purchased outright by Military Sealift Command on 17 January 2006, and was redesignated USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009).
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- 1985 ships
- Merchant ships of the United States
- Bulk carriers
- Cargo ships of the United States Navy
- Container ships of the United States Navy
- Ships built in Quincy, Massachusetts
- United States naval ship stubs