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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Wolfgang Hechler

MV PFC William B. Baugh (AK-3001)

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 Eleo Maersk in 1979

Acquired by the Navy under a long-term charter in 1984

Converted by Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, MD.

Launched in 1984

Placed in service under the direction of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as MV PFC William B. Baugh (AK-3001), 29 October 1984, operated by Maersk Line Ltd.

MV PFC William B. Baugh (AK-3001) 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 where she was part of the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron One with equipment to support a US Marine Corps Expeditionary Brigade

MV PFC William B. Baugh was returned to her owners in early 2008 and sold to Maersk Line Ltd., 10 July 2008, renamed MV Maersk Texas

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 PFC William B. Baugh (AK-3001) - MSC Charter
	45k	*MV PFC William B. Baugh* (AK-3001)** underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	105k	*MV PFC William B. Baugh* (AK-3001)** underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientist web site
	80k	*MV PFC William B. Baugh* (AK-3001)** underway, date and place unknown. US Navy photo	Federation of American Scientist web site
	93k	*MV PFC William B. Baugh* (AK-3001)** anchored in the fuel anchorage at Fujarah, U.A.E., 6 August 1990, the day before the start of Operation Desert Storm.	Rick Sherley
	198k	*MV PFC William B. Baugh* (AK-3001)** docked at Jubail Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, 1990-1992.	Rick Sherley
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	59k	*MV PFC William B. Baugh* (AK-3001)** getting under way at Jubail, Saudi Arabia in 1990.	Rick Sherley
	92k	*MV PFC William B. Baugh* (AK-3001)** at anchor in the Gulf Of Oman during a small boat transfer, Christmas Day 1990. Rick Sherley (seen in this photo) was part of a boat crew conducting a personnel and repair parts transfer.	Rick Sherley
	115k	*MV PFC William B. Baugh* (AK-3001)** docked at Jubail ali, Dubai immediately prior to feinted amphibious operations off Kuwait City in February 1991.	Rick Sherley
	110k	*MV PFC William B. Baugh* (AK-3001)** crew members during Operations Desert Storm, 1991. Master, Tommy Smith; Chief Mate, Andrew Kinsey; Bosun El Sid. Able Seaman Rick Sherley is in the overalls.	Rick Sherley