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MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr. (AK-3000)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Lima - Juliet - Hotel NLJH

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

CPL Louis J. Hauge Jr., Class Maritime Prepositioning Ship:

Built by Odense Staalskibsvaerft A/S, Lindo, Denmark, as MV Estelle Maersk in 1979

Acquired by the Navy under a long-term charter in 1983

Converted by Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched on 14 July 1984

Placed in service under the direction of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr. (AK-3000), 7 September 1984, operated by Maersk Line Ltd.

MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr. (AK-3000) was one of the Military Sealift Command's seventeen Container & Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and was part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program.

MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr. (AK-3000) was assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three. She carried equipment to support a US Marine Corps Expeditionary Brigade

Returned to commercial service in 2009, renamed MV Abby G, operated by Maersk Line Ltd.

Early 2010, operated by Sealift Inc., name retained

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in August 2010, delivered to Alang, India for dismantling

Specifications:
Displacement 23,365 t.(lt), 46,484 t.(fl)
Length 755' 5"
Beam 90'
Draft 33' 10" (max)
Speed 16.4 kts.

Capacity

120,080 sq. ft. vehicle,

1,283,000 gallons petrolube

65,000 gallons water

332 TEU

Aircraft CH-53E Helicopter platform

Armament none

Complement

25 civilian mariners

11 naval personnel

Propulsion

one Sulzer 7RND76M slow speed Diesel engine

single propeller, 16,800shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
MV CPL Louis J. Hauge Jr. (AK-3000) - MSC Charter
	62k	*MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.* (AK-3000)** underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	65k	*MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.* (AK-3000)** underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientist web site
	70k	*MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.* (AK-3000)** at anchor at Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean, date unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientist web site
	40k	*MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.* (AK-3000)** getting underway, date unknown.	US Maritime Administration
	154k	*MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.* (AK-3000) moored at the Foot of Broadway, downtown San Diego, 1991. Also moored at the pier is the Military Sealift Command Oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO-197)**	Rick Sherley AB
	104k		Rick Sherley AB
	154k	*MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.* (AK-3000)** moored at Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 1991. getting her MPS load prior to picking up the MPS Squadron Commodore and his staff in Bahrain and returning to Diego Garcia, B.I.O.T via a port call in the Seychelles.	Rick Sherley AB
	122k	*MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.* (AK-3000)** moored at Jubail, Soudi Arabia, 1991. Containers being loaded into place in hold #4 during the her reloading of her MPS load.	Rick Sherley AB
	91k	*MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.* (AK-3000)** at anchor in the Republic of the Seychelles, in 1991 after the First Gulf War.	Rick Sherley AB
	85k	*MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.* (AK-3000)** at anchor with rest of her Squadron in her homeport in the lagoon at Diego Garcia, B.I.O.T. in 1991 after the First Gulf War.	Rick Sherley AB
0913300011	138k	Starboard bow view of the prepositioning ship *MV CPL Louis J. Hauge, Jr.* (AK-3000)** at the Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, Brunswick County, N.C. loading the 6th Marine Amphibious Brigade's containerized ammunition, date unknown.	John Spivey