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MV Green Ridge (AK-9655)

Green Ridge Class Logistics Prepositioning Ship:
  • Built in 1979 (place unknown)
  • Green Ridge was under charter to support the US Navy's Fleet Hospital afloat prepositioning mission
  • Green Ridge (AK-9655) carries a 500-bed Navy fleet hospital used to support Fleet and Fleet Marine Forces engaged in combat operations ashore. The hospital materials--comprised of 75 wheeled vehicles, 80 pieces of general cargo and 450 20-foot containers of tents, subsistence and medical supplies
  • Green Ridge (AK-9655) was assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Program Squadron Two and operated out of Diego Garcia
  • Returned to her owners after completion of her MSC charter in late 2001
    Specifications:
    Displacement 12,702 t.(lt)
    Length 508'
    Beam 70'
    Draft 34' (max)
    Speed 16 kts.
    Cargo Capacity 62,000 sq. ft. of cargo carrying capacity, or room for 619 20-foot containers
    Armament none
    Complement est. 19 Civilian Mariners
    Propulsion, unknown
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    Green Ridge 51k MV Green Ridge (AK-9655) underway, date and place unknown. MSC web site
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