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MV Green Wave (AK-2050)

International Radio Call Sign:
Kilo - Romeo - Hotel - Lima
 KRHL
Breakbulk Cargo Ship:
  • Built in 1980 as MV Woermann Mira by Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG, Germany
  • Launched. date unknown
  • Delivered, 3 July 1980 to Sloman Neptun Shipping & Transport GmbH placed in service as MV Woermann Mira
  • Acquired by the Military Sealift Command in September 1984, modified for Naval Service at Jacksonville, FL, renamed MV Green Wave, reflagged U. S.
  • Time charter contract awarded to Central Gulf Line, 12 October 1984 to primarily resupply the US Base at McMurdo Antarctica
    Specifications:
    Displacement 16,000 t.(lt)
    Length 507'
    Beam 69'
    Draft 26' 9" (max)
    Speed 16 kts.
    Cargo Capacity 9,521 long tons
    Full Operating Complement approx. 24 Civilian Mariners
    Propulsion Diesel, 1 shaft
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    Green Wave 73k MV Green Wave (AK-2050) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Photo by Peter Westdijk the Netherlands
    Green Wave
    0913205005    		 139k MV Green Wave (AK-2050) stands moored to a wharf delivering supplies for U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze ’92.
    Photo from www.picryl.com by U.S. National Archives    		 John Spivey
    Green Wave 975k MV Green Wave (AK-2050) arriving at McMurdo Station, Antarctic, in February 2012.
    US Navy photo # 120312-F-MQ656-200j    		  
    Green Wave 251k U.S. Navy personnel off-load MV Green Wave (AK-2050) at McMurdo Station after the Modular Causeway System was assembled and ready to handle heavy loads, 22 February 2012, during Operation Deep Freeze. U.S. Navy photo # 120223-N-NT795-999 by BM2 Nelson Doromal. Robert Hurst
    Green Wave 283k MV Green Wave (AK-2050) tied up at the at McMurdo Station alongside the the Modular Causeway System, February 2012.  
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