Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Army Ship Photo Archive

USAV LT.GEN. William B. Bunker (LSV-4)

International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Alpha - Echo - Foxtrot
AAEF

Gen. Frank S. Besson Jr. Class Logistics Supply Vessel:

Built at Moss Point Marine (VT Halter Marine, Inc.), Pascagoula, MS.

Launched, date unknown

Delivered, 18 March 1988

Commissioned USAV LT. GEN. William B. Bunker (LSV-4) in 1988

Homeport, Fort Eustis, VA.

Specifications:
Displacement 13,910 t.
Length 273'
Beam 60'
Draft 12'
Speed 12 kts
Range 14,816

Complement

8 Officers

23 Enlisted

Cargo Capacity 2,000 short tons

Largest Boom Capacity unknown

Armament unknown

Fuel Capacity unknown

Propulsion

two Electro motive Diesel engines (EMD) 16-646E2 producing 1,950 horsepower each at 999rpm

two shafts

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
30100410	15k	*Namesake* LT. GEN. William B. Bunker - William Beehler Bunker (30 September 1910 – 5 June 1969) was a United States Army lieutenant general who served as deputy commanding general of the United States Army Materiel Command from April 1964 until his death in 1969. Though not an aviator himself, he was largely responsible for the acquisition of close combat support aircraft for the Army before and during the Vietnam War. (Wikipedia)	Tommy Trampp
30100401	147k	USAV LT. GEN. William B. Bunker (LSV-4) moored pierside at Fort Eustis, VA., 21 December 2011. *LT. GEN. William B. Bunker* returned to the Army watercraft fleet in November after the successful completion of its six-month On Condition Cyclic Maintenance and three-month Service Life Extension Program (SLEP), which returned 10 years of useful life to the vessel. US Army photos.	US Army.Mil
30100402	147k
30100403	147k
30100404	122k	Waterborne Soldiers of the 10th Transportation Battalion spend the morning of 7 February 2012, loading vehicles on board *USAV Lt. Gen. William B. Bunker* (LSV-4)*, at 3rd Port, Fort Eustis as part of a battalion Field Training Exercise conducted at Fort Eustis and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. When loading was complete Lt. Gen. William B. Bunker* (LSV-4) sailed down the James River to Little Creek where she dropped her ramp so Army transporters assigned to the 359th Inland Cargo Transfer Company may begin the transfer of vehicles to the battalion's collection point. US Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Jo Bridgwater, 7th Sustainment Brigade. United States Army.	Robert Hurst
30100412	160k	U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 4th Tank Battalion stand byobserving as *USAV LT. Gen. William B. Bunker* (LSV-4)** lowers her ramp onto an assembled modular trident pier to offload Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tanks during the Combined Joint Logistics Over the Shore (CJLOTS) naval exercise in Pohang, South Korea, 19 April 2013. CJLOTS aimed to improve logistics interoperability, communication and cooperation between the United States and South Korea. US Navy Photo 130419-N-LO372-109 by MC1 Elisandro Diaz	Robert Hurst
30100411	131k	U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 4th Tank Battalion walk up a ramp from an assembled modular trident pier into the logistics support vessel *USAV LT. Gen. William B. Bunker* (LSV-4)** to offload Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tanks during the Combined Joint Logistics Over the Shore (CJLOTS) naval exercise in Pohang, South Korea, 19 April 2013. CJLOTS aimed to improve logistics interoperability, communication and cooperation between the United States and South Korea. US Navy Photo 130419-N-LO372-119 by MC1 Elisandro Diaz	Robert Hurst
30100413	196k	*USAV LT. Gen. William B. Bunker* (LSV-4)** maneuvers away from the assembled modular trident pier after offloading several Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tanks during the Combined Joint Logistics Over the Shore (CJLOTS) naval exercise in Pohang, South Korea, 19 April 2013. CJLOTS aimed to improve logistics interoperability, communication and cooperation between the United States and South Korea. US Navy Photo 130419-N-LO372-179 by MC1 Elisandro Diaz	Robert Hurst
30100408	130k	*USAV LT. Gen. William B. Bunker* (LSV-4), operated by Army mariners from 45th Sustainment Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, used , LT. Gen. William B. Bunker** to assist Soldiers with waterborne air assault training, 11 February 2015, in the Pacific Ocean. The Soldiers, from 25th Infantry Division’s Lightning Academy Air Assault School, using CH-47 Chinook helicopters from 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th ID, air assaulted onto the deck of the vessel while it was underway in the Pacific Ocean, miles from shore. U.S. Army photo # 150211-A-ZQ422-001 by Sgt. Jon Heinrich, 8th TSC, Public Affairs.	Robert Hurst
30100405	78k	*USAV LT. GEN. William B. Bunker* (LSV-4)** approaches a slip at Waipio Point, Hawaii, 3 June 2017. US Army photo by Staff Sgt. Armando R. Limon	Tommy Trampp
30100406	82k	A Humvee towing a M777A2 155 mm howitzer boards *USAV LT. GEN. William B. Bunker* (LSV-4)** at Waipio Point, Hawaii, 3 June 2017. US Army photo by Staff Sgt. Armando R. Limon	Tommy Trampp
30100407	74k		Tommy Trampp
30100409	184k	Personnel offload vehicles from *USAV LT. GEN. William B. Bunker* (LSV-4)** in Guam as part of Exercise Forager 21, circa July 2021. U.S. Army photo from The War Zone, July 12, 2021.	Tommy Trampp