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MV Malama


Deep Submarine/Submersible support Vessel:
  • Built in 1981 as an unnamed crewboat by Swiftship Shipbuilding LLC, Morgan City, LA.
  • Launched in 1981
  • Delivered 1981
  • Named MV Freedom River, date unknown
  • Renamed MV Miss Jean, date unknown
  • Renamed MV Miss Leigh Ann, date unknown
  • Renamed MV Malama, date unknown
  • Leased to the US Navy Military Sealift Command, contractor operated and controlled
  • MV Malama provides submarine/submersible support, rescue and salvage services
    Specifications:
    Displacement 87 t.
    Length 91'
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement
    15 civilian plus mission crew
    Armament none
    Propulsion unknown
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    09791101    		 57k MV Malama leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 12 February 2022.
    Photo courtesy of @ES12071207. WarshipCam on Twitter: "MV Malama #mvmalama    		 Robert Hurst
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