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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Launched | 1978 |
| Status | Active in service as of 2009 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 26,378 long tons (26,801 t) |
| Length | 670 ft (200 m) |
| Beam | 87 ft (27 m) |
| Draft | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
| Speed | 16 kn (30 km/h) |
| Complement | 19 civilian, 0 military |
Motor Vessel TSgt John A. Chapman (T-AK-323) is a Buffalo Soldier-class container ship. She is one of Military Sealift Command's seventeen Container & Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 36 ships in the Prepositioning Program.
Built in 1978 by Chanters Navigation de la Ciotat in France, she was originally named Merlin. On 8 April 2005, she was renamed for Pope Air Force Base combat controller Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman, an Air Force Cross recipiant. TSgt John A. Chapman carries Air Force munitions. She features climate-controlled cocoons on her weather decks which protect additional cargo from the marine environment. She is owned and operated by Sealift Incorporated and is under charter to MSC.
References
- Senior Airman Becky J. LaRaia (8 April 2005). "Ship takes heroic legacy to the fight". US Air Force. Retrieved 15 Jan 2010.
SUNNY POINT, N.C. (AFPN) -- A fallen Air Force hero from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., was honored April 8 at the Military Ocean Terminal here. A Navy cargo ship was named for Air Force Cross recipient Tech. Sgt. John Chapman.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Airman 1st Class Jason A. Neal (13 Jan 2003). "Pope combat controller awarded Air Force Cross". US Air Force. Retrieved 15 Jan 2010.
POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (AFPN) -- Senior Air Force leaders awarded the Air Force Cross to Tech. Sgt. John Chapman here Jan. 10.
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