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MV CAPT. David I. Lyon (T-AK-5362)

International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Delta - Hotel - Six - Eight - One - Five
 WDH6815
CAPT. David I. Lyon Class Logistics Prepositioning Ship:
  • 1996 built as the container ship MV Wiking for Dietrich Tamke GmbH & Co., Germany
  • 1997 renamed MV Capricorn Challenger
  • 1999 renamed Pacific Champion
  • 2005 sold to Hamburg Sud Italia, renamed MV DAL East London, reflagged Italy
  • 2006 renamed MV Cala Positano
  • 2007 sold to Cala Container Sg Spa, name retained
  • 2008 sold to Plantation Key Pte Ltd, name retained, reflagged United States
  • 2010 renamed MV Positano
  • Chartered by Military Sea Lift Command in 2014
  • Renamed MV CAPT. David I. Lyon (T-AK-5362), 28 May 2014
  • MV CAPT. David I. Lyon provides the Air Force with propositioned ammunition stocks
    Specifications:
    Displacement 22,878 t.(lt) 52878 t. (fl)
    Length 686'
    Beam 106'
    Draft unknown
    Speed 16 kts.
    Armament none
    Complement 19 Civilian Mariners
    Propulsion unknown
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    Merchant Service
    Capt. David I. Lyon 55k MV Cala Positano moored pierside, date and location unknown. Marine Traffic web site
    Capt. David I. Lyon 55k MV Positano underway, date and location unknown. ©Ruud Oranje Marine Traffic web site
    Capt. David I. Lyon 55k MV Positano underway, date and location unknown. ©Chris Marine Traffic web site
    MV CAPT. David I. Lyon (T-AK-5362)
    Capt. David I. Lyon 133k Capt. Jonathan Tolman and Staff Sgt. Charles Taherimorovat render a salute to the American flag during reveille onboard MV CAPT. David I. Lyon before the vessel's christening Aug. 11, 2014, at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Southport, N.C. MV CAPT. David I. Lyon is an Air Force prepositioning vessel named in honor of Capt. David I. Lyon, an Air Force logistics readiness officer and 2008 U.S. Air Force Academy graduate who was killed in action Dec. 27, 2013, in Afghanistan. The vessel will transport critical war reserve materiel to locations around the globe.
    US Air Force photo # 140811-F-XT249-661 by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson    		  
    Capt. David I. Lyon 60k Capt. Dana M. Lyon, widow of Capt. David I. Lyon, prepares to break a champagne bottle on the hull of the MV CAPT. David I. Lyon during a christening and ship visit, Aug. 11, 2014, at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, Southport, N.C.
    US Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson    		  
    Capt. David I. Lyon 287k Sailors assigned to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1, Detachment Guam, move container spreader bars from the Military Sealift Command Air Force container ship MV CAPT. David I. Lyon (T-AK-5362) to the pier. NCHB-1, Detachment Guam, assigned to Commander, Task Force 75, is the Navy's only active duty cargo handling battalion. They are a rapidly deployable unit of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, capable of loading and discharging ships and aircraft in all-climatic and threat conditions.
    US Navy photo # 190302-N-QL471-315 SANTA RITA, Guam (March 2, 2019) by MC1 Billy Ho    		 Lee Wahler
    Capt. David I. Lyon 55k MV CAPT. David I. Lyon (T-AK-5362) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC web site
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    AF honors fallen hero with ship renaming
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    Last Updated 22 March 2019