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| Career (U.S.) |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
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| Launched: |
1983, St. Nazaire, France |
| Commissioned: |
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| Decommissioned: |
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| Fate: |
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| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
31,986 long tons |
| Length: |
621 feet 3 inches |
| Beam: |
105 feet 8 inches |
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| Draft: |
37.5 feet |
| Propulsion: |
Slow Speed Sulzer Diesel |
| Speed: |
17.5 knots |
| Range: |
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| Complement: |
23 |
| Armament: |
N/A |
| Nickname: |
PITS |
MV A1C William H. Pitsenbarger, named for a Pararescueman who posthumously won the Air Force Cross and later the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War, is one of Military Sealift Command's seven container ships and is part of the thirty-six ships in the Prepositioning Program. The vessel, Operated by Red River Shipping Company of Rockville, Maryland, is under a five-year time charter to MSC.
