Serving as flagship for Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron (MPSRON) 3, MV 1ST LT JACK LUMMUS is the fourth ship in the 2ND LT JOHN P. BOBO - class of Cargo Ships.
The ship carries a full range of Marine Corps cargo, enough cargo to support a Marine Air Ground Task Force for 30 days. Additionally, the 1ST LT JACK LUMMUS has lift-on/lift-off capabilities as well as roll-on/roll-off capabilities. Navy lighterage carried onboard consists of causeways, both powered and unpowered, and small boats to move them around.
MV 1st Lt Jack Lummus (T-AK3011)
The 1ST LT JACK LUMMUS usually participates in at least one major Maritime Prepositioning Force exercise per year.
The military detachment aboard the LUMMUS consists of 18 people. These are the Commodore, the Chief of Staff Officer, the Engineering Officer, the Operations Officer, the Suppy Officer, 1 Storekeeper, 1 Yeoman, 3 Electrics Technicians, 1 Radioman Chief, and 7 to 8 Radioman or Information Technicians respectively.
General Characteristics: Keel laid: 1983
Christened: February 22, 1986
Delivered: March 6, 1986
Builder: General Dynamics, Quincy, Massachusetts
Propulsion system: 2 Stork-Wartsilia Werkspoor 16TM410 diesels; 27,000 hp sustained; 1 shaft, bow thruster; 1,000 hp
Propellers: one
Length: 672.6 feet (205 meters)
Beam: 106 feet (32.3 meters)
Draft: 29.5 feet (9 meters)
Displacement: approx. 44,330 tons full load
Speed: 18 knots
Aircraft: helicopter platform only (certified to land up to CH-53E helicopters)
Armament: none
Capacity:
162,500 sq. ft. vehicle
1,605,000 gallons petroleum
81,700 gallons water
522 TEU
Crew: 18 US Navy personnel, 30 civilian and 25 civilian maintenance Homeport: Guam and Saipan
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