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Military Sealift Command

Military Sealift Command Forces in the Gulf
as of 03 March 1998

Military Sealift Command ships supporting Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet

    Fleet Ocean-Going Tug

         USNS Catawba      (T-ATF 168)
              Complement: 17 civilian mariners, plus 4 U.S. Navy personnel

    Combat Stores Ship

         USNS Spica      (T-AFS 9)
              Complement: 108 civilian mariners, plus 47 U.S. Navy personnel

    Ammunition Ship

         USNS Kilauea      (T-AE 26)
              Complement: 125 civilian mariners, plus 42 U.S. Navy personnel

    Underway Replenishment Oiler

         USNS Walter S. Diehl      (T-AO 193)
              Complement: 82 civilian mariners, plus 21 U.S. Navy personnel

         USNS Guadalupe      (T-AO 200)
              Complement: 82 civilian mariners, plus 21 U.S. Navy personnel

    Ocean Survey Ships

         USNS Kane      (T-AGS 27)
              Complement: 32 civilian mariners, plus 26 oceanographers

         USNS John McDonnell     (T-AGS 51)
              Complement: 23 civilian mariners, plus 11 oceanographers

         USNS Bowditch      (T-AGS 62)
              Complement: 28 civilian mariners, plus 27 oceanographers

 

Military Sealift Command ships supporting Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command

    Roll-on/Roll-off

         MV Cape Douglas      (T-AKR 5052)
              Complement: 28 civilian mariners
              (Combat Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Army cargo)

    Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ships (LMSR)

         USNS Shughart      (T-AKR 295)
              Complement: 30 civilian mariners, plus 8 U.S. Navy personnel
              (Combat Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Army cargo)

         USNS Gordon      (T-AKR 296)
              Complement: 28 civilian mariners
              (Combat Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Army cargo)

         USNS Yano      (T-AKR 297)
              Complement: 29 civilian mariners
              (Combat Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Army cargo)

         USNS Gilliland      (T-AKR 298)
              Complement: 30 civilian mariners
              (Combat Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Army cargo)

    Maritime Prepositioning Ships

         MV PVT Franklin J. Phillips      (T-AK 3004)
              Complement: 29 civilian mariners
              (Maritime Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Marine Corps cargo)

         MV PFC William B. Baugh      (T-AK 3001)
              Complement: 26 civilian mariners
              (Maritime Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Marine Corps cargo)

         MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.      (T-AK 3000)
              Complement: 27 civilian mariners, plus 17 U.S. Navy personnel
              (Maritime Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Marine Corps cargo)

         MV 1ST LT Alex Bonnyman      (T-AK 3003)
              Complement: 30 civilian mariners
              (Maritime Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Marine Corps cargo)

         SS SGT Matej Kocak      (T-AK 3005)
              Complement: 29 civilian mariners
              (Maritime Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Marine Corps Cargo)

    Tanker

         MV Richard G. Matthiesen      (T-AOT 1124)
              Complement: 23 civilian mariners

    Container Ship/Roll-on/Roll-off

         MV LTC Calvin P. Titus      (Chartered ship; no hull number)
              Complement: 20 civilian mariners
              (Combat Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Army cargo)

         MV Buffalo Soldier      (Chartered ship; no hull number)
              Complement: 20 civilian mariners
              (Logistics Prepositioning Ship - U.S. Air Force cargo)

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