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Fact Sheet		 April 2005

About MV TSgt. John A. Chapman

  • The ship is 670 feet long, has a top speed of 16 knots and is crewed by 19 U.S. commercial merchant mariners.

  • MV Chapman will strategically preposition Air Force ammunition in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean.

  • MV Chapman is one of 36 ships in MSC's Afloat Prepositioning Force. These ships remain at sea in strategic areas laden with equipment and supplies for U.S. forces to allow the military to rapidly deploy combat cargo into theatre.

  • The ship is owned and operated by Sealift Inc., of Oyster Bay, N.Y., under contract to Military Sealift Command.
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