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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
    0913965501    		 81k MV Green Ridge (AK-9655) prepares to berth at the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, 7 August 2020. The arrival of Green Ridge signaled the beginning of export operations for the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team’s equipment.
    U.S. Army Photo # 20807-A-OU753-282 by Sgt. 1st Class Anthony D. Windsor    		 DVIDS web site
    Green Ridge
    0913965502    		 87k MV Green Ridge (AK-9655) carrying U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), departs Naval Air Station North Island, CA., 15 July 2013. Green Ridge transported the Ospreys to Okinawa, Japan after months of preparation.
    Photo from www.picryl.com via www.dvidshub.net    		 John Spivey
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