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USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5)

International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Delta - Sierra - Victor
ADSV

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

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

Launched, date unknown

Delivered, 30 April 1991

Commissioned USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5) in 1991

Homeport, unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 4,199 t.
Length 273'
Beam 60'
Draft 12'
Speed 12 kts
Range 8,200 at 12.5 kts

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
30100503	11k	*Namesake* Major General Charles P. Gross USA (1889-1975) graduated from the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, class of 1914. He attained the rank of major general before his retirement from active duty in 1945. Charles Philip Gross (1889-1975) born in Brooklyn, New York. He received his commission in the Corps of Engineers upon his graduation from West Point in 1914. While serving as commanding officer of 318th Engineers, AEF, during World War I, he was wounded in battle at Meuse-Argonne. After World War I, he was an instructor at West Point from 1922 to 1926. During 1940 and 1941, he served as District Engineer at Rock Island, Illinois. He achieved the rank of brigadier general in March 1942, then major general in August 1942. From 1942 to 1945, he was a member of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, and attended conferences at Washington, Quebec, Malta, Yalta and Potsdam. He retired as a major general in August 1948.	Tommy Trampp
30100505	63k	*USAV MG Charles P. Gross* (LSV-5)** moored pierside, 21 June 2011, location unknown. Photo from www.flickriver.com by Zane Johnston	John Spivey
30100502	100k	*USAV MG Charles P. Gross* (LSV-5) (left) and USAV MG Robert Smalls (LSV-8) (right) with USAV Churubusco (LCU-2013)** alongside, moored in the Persian Gulf, 9 November 2012. Photo taken by General125 (real name unknown)	Robert Hurst
30100501	31k	*USAV MG Charles P. Gross* (LSV-5)** arrives at a port in the Persian Gulf for the Iron Union 17-4 exercise in the United Arab Emirates, 10 September 2017. US Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Milnes.	US Army.Mil
30100507	126k	More than 30 Army Mariners embarked on a multi-day transport mission aboard *USAV MG. Charles P. Gross* (LSV-5)** from Kuwait Naval Base, 19 January 2017. The mariners hauled cargo from Qatar to Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait and transported another load during the return. Photo from Flickr.com by Third Army	Kohn Spivey
30100504	130k	*USAV MG Charles P. Gross* (LSV-5)** transits the Arabian Gulf under escort by a U.S. Navy Mark VI patrol boat (not visible), assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 56, 14 July 2020. CTF 56 was responsible for planning and execution of expeditionary missions, including coastal riverine operations, in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operation. U.S. Navy photo # 200714-N-FO574-1025	Robert Hurst
30100506	55k	*USAV MG Charles P. Gross* (LSV-5)** moored in Detyens Shipyard, Charleston, S.C., date unknown Photo from www.flickriver.com by Zane Johnston	John Spivey

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