MV Virginian

{{Short description|Ship built in 1984}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Mv-strong-virginian.jpg |image_caption=MV ''Virginian'' conducts a side-by-side off-load operation with MV ''Troubadour'' off the coast of Talamone, Italy on March 27, 2006. }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=United States<ref name="uscg">United States Coast Guard, 2008.</ref> |flag={{shipboxflag|United States}} |name= |namesake= |owner=Sealift Incorporated |operator=Sealift Incorporated |registry= |route= |ordered= |awarded= |builder= |original_cost= |yard_number= |way_number= |laid_down= |launched=16 December 1983 |sponsor= |christened= |completed=1984<ref name="uscg"/> |acquired= |commissioned= |recommissioned= |decommissioned= |maiden_voyage= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |reclassified= |refit= |struck= |reinstated= |homeport= |identification=*Call sign: KSPH<ref name="uscg"/> *{{IMO Number|8300200}} |motto= |nickname= |honors= |fate=Scrapped 22 August 2012 |notes= |badge= }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= |type= |tonnage=*{{GT|16,169}}<ref name="uscg"/> *{{DWT|21,541}}<ref name="uscg"/> |displacement=*34,601 tons<ref name="msc"/> *9,849 tons light<ref name="usn06">United States Navy, 2006.</ref> |length={{convert|480.4|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="uscg"/> |beam={{convert|105.0|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="uscg"/> |height= |draught= |draft={{convert|29.0|ft|m|abbr=on}} maximum navigational draft<ref name="usn06"/> |depth={{convert|41.3|ft|m|abbr=on}} molded depth<ref name="uscg"/> |hold_depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |ramps= |ice_class= |power= |propulsion=two main engines driving two independent propellers<ref name="usn06"/><ref name="sli"/> |speed={{convert|16|kn}}<ref name="msc"/> |range= |endurance= |test_depth= |boats= |capacity=total {{TEU|1413|first=yes}}<ref name="sli"/> |troops= |complement= |crew=21 civilians<ref name="msc"/> |time_to_activate= |sensors= |notes= }} }} '''MV ''Virginian'' (T-AK 9205)''', formerly named the '''MV ''Strong Virginian'' (T-AKR-9205)''', is a combination container, heavy lift, and roll-on/roll-off ship.<ref name="msc">Military Sealift Command, 2008, ''MV VIRGINIAN (T-AK 9205)''.</ref><ref name="sli">Sealift Incorporated 2008, ''MV Virginian''.</ref> Owned and operated by Sealift Incorporated of Oyster Bay, New York, the ship is one of seventeen container{{em dash}}roll-on/roll-off ships in use by the Military Sealift Command, and one of 28 ships assigned to that organization's Sealift Program Office.<ref name="msc"/> The ship was previously known as the '''MV ''Saint Magnus''''' and the '''MV ''Jolly Indaco'''''.<ref name="usn06"/>

==Cargo equipment== The ship had one large cargo hold with a tween deck that could be set at three different heights.<ref name="sli"/> It had a single 800-ton derrick for heavy-lift use.<ref name="sli"/> In addition, it had a single traveling gantry crane fitted with dual portal cranes, both of which were rated at {{convert|75|metric ton}} independently, and could be operated together for lifts up to {{convert|150|metric ton}}.<ref name="sli"/> For roll-on/roll-off (roro) cargo, the ship had two trailer elevators and roro ramps.<ref name="sli"/>

==History== <!-- Unsubstantiated history from http://www.geocities.com/johannesneels/Magnus.htm : 1984 "ST. MAGNUS" delivered to Reederei Magnus GmbH & Co. Schiffahrts-Kommanditgesellschaft, Hamburg. 1985 "JOLLY INDACO" charter Ignazio Messina Spa., Sicily. 1986 "ST. MAGNUS" management Mammoet Transport, Amsterdam. 1992 "STRONG VIRGINIAN" sold to Van Ommeren Shipping Inc., Stamford. 2012 "Viginian 1" sold for scrap and was beached in August 2013

from: http://phsvanommeren.web-log.nl/phsvanommeren/2005/04/van_ommeren_shi.html Gebouwd 1984, Schiffbau und Maschinenfabrik Bremer Vulkan A.G., Bremen-Vegesack (33) 16.169 BRT 6.592 NRT 21.{{DWT|5,41}} 1984 opgeleverd aan Reederei Magnus G.m.b.H. & Co. Schiffahrts K.G., Bremen-West Duitsland, in beheer bij Project Carriers A.G., Bad Schwartau-West Duitsland. 1985 in beheer bij Hansa Linie A.G., Bremen, JOLLY INDACO. 1985 herdoopt ST MAGNUS. 1992 verkocht aan Antje Maritime Ltd., Bremen, vlag: Antigua & Barbuda, herdoopt ST MAGNUS. 1992 gekocht door Strong Virginian Navigation Corp., New York-U.S.A., in beheer bij Van Ommeren Shipping (USA) Inc., Stamford, Ct., herdoopt STRONG VIRGINIAN. 2003 verkocht aan Sealift Inc., Oyster Bay, N.Y., thuishaven: New York, 30-6-2003 herdoopt VIRGINIAN.

--> Built as ''Saint Magnus'' at Bremer Vulkan, Bremen, Germany in 1984, ''Virginian'' spent her first years in the commercial shipping service.<ref name="brig">Brigham 2002, ''The many lives of MV Virginian''.</ref><ref name="navsource">Priolo 2004.</ref> Ironically, the ship that would later be known for carrying military supplies to the Middle East was accidentally hit by an Exocet missile while off-loading commercial cargo in Iraq in 1986.<ref name="brig"/> In these early years, the ship was also renamed ''Jolly Indaco''.<ref name="navsource"/> [[Image:The bow of an LCU 2000 is brought over the forward port side of Strong Virginian.jpg|thumb|left|MV ''Strong Virginian'' lifts a Landing Craft Utility (LCU-2000) from the deck]] thumb|left|MV ''Strong Virginian'' lowers an LCU into the water thumb|left|Side view

MSC first chartered the ship, then known as MV ''Strong Virginian'', in 1992.<ref name="brig"/> For the next five years, a 500-bed fleet hospital was prepositioned aboard the ship as she carried out a variety of missions for the Department of Defense.<ref name="brig"/> Some of its jobs during this time included delivering equipment and supplies to Africa as part of Operation Restore Hope, transporting a bio-safety lab from Inchon, Korea, to Jakarta, Indonesia, and ferrying harbor tugs used by the U.S. Navy from Diego Garcia to Guam and back.<ref name="brig"/>

On March 14, 1997, the United States Department of Defense announced a new charter for the ''Strong Virginian''.<ref name="cont97"/> This contract, number N00033-97-C-3007, was a $23,592,099 time charter contract from the Military Sealift Command to operator Van Ommeren Shipping (USA), Inc., of Stamford, Connecticut.<ref name="cont97">U.S. Department of Defense, 1997, ''Contracts''.</ref> Under the contract, the ''Strong Virginian'' was to be used in the prepositioning of United States Army cargo in the Indian Ocean at the island of Diego Garcia.<ref name="cont97"/> The contract included options which could have brought the cumulative value up to US$47,992,099 and was to expire by March 1999.<ref name="cont97"/> This contract was competitively procured with 250 proposals solicited and four offers received.<ref name="cont97"/>

Virginian was chartered again in 1998 and, for the next four years, the ship was used to support the U.S. Army.<ref name="brig"/> Virginian delivered combat craft, tugboats and barges and other elements of the Army's port opening packages.<ref name="brig"/> These packages are used to give the military access to rarely used ports in areas vital to U.S. military operations.<ref name="brig"/> On September 30, 2002, the ship was released from MSC service and returned to its owner.<ref name="usn06"/>

Sealift Incorporated bought the ship from Van Ommeren Shipping USA, Inc. taking delivery on June 10, 2003.<ref name="amo">American Maritime Officers, 2003.</ref> At that point, Sealift renamed the ship the ''Virginian''.<ref name="amo"/> Between November 2002 and May 2006, the ''Virginian'' completed 21 missions for the U.S. military, delivering almost {{convert|1700000|sqft|m2}}, or nearly 30 football fields, of cargo.<ref name="brig"/>

On October 16, 2007, the United States Department of Defense announced that it awarded contract N00033-08-C-5500 to Sealift Incorporated. This was a $10,614,000 firm-fixed-price contract plus reimbursables for the ''Virginian''.<ref name="cont">U.S. Department of Defense, 2007, ''Contracts''.</ref> The ship was contracted to carry containers laden with ammunition to support the global war on terrorism and the United States Central Command.<ref name="cont"/> The contract includes options, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $39,814,000.<ref name="cont"/> If options are exercised, work may continue through October 2011.<ref name="cont"/> This contract was competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities and the Military Sealift Command websites, with more than 200 proposals solicited and three offers received.<ref name="cont"/> The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command is the contracting authority.<ref name="cont"/>

The ship was sold for scrap in August 2012 in Singapore and was recycled in Bangladesh that same month.

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==References== *{{Cite ship register|register=PSIX|id=380151|shipname=Strong Virginian|access-date=2008-05-04}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/Contracts/Contract.aspx?ContractID=3627 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101051143/http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3627 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 1, 2007 |title=Contracts |author=U.S. Department of Defense |author-link=U.S. Department of Defense |date=2007-10-16 |work=DefenseLink |publisher=U.S. Department of Defense |access-date=2008-05-06 }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=988 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024081839/http://www.defenselink.mil/Contracts/Contract.aspx?ContractID=988 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 24, 2006 |title=Contracts |author=U.S. Department of Defense |author-link=U.S. Department of Defense |date=1997-03-14 |work=DefenseLink |publisher=U.S. Department of Defense |access-date=2008-05-06 }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=196&type=ContainerRollonRolloffShip |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607113723/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=196&type=ContainerRollonRolloffShip |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |title=MV VIRGINIAN (T-AK 9205) |author=Military Sealift Command |author-link=Military Sealift Command |date=2008-01-15 |publisher=Military Sealift Command |access-date=2008-05-06 }} *{{cite web |url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=AKR9205}} |title=STRONG VIRGINIAN (AKR 9205) |author=United States Navy |date=2006-07-24 |work=Naval Vessel Register |publisher=NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office |access-date=2008-05-06 }} *{{cite web|url=http://www.sealiftinc.org/images/virginian.pdf |title=MV ''Virginian'' |author=Sealift Incorporated |author-link=Sealift Incorporated |year=2008 |publisher=Sealift Incorporated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105161131/http://www.sealiftinc.org/images/virginian.pdf|archive-date=2009-01-05|access-date=2008-05-06 }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2006/May/virginian.htm |title=The many lives of MV Virginian |last=Brigham |first=Gillian |date=2006-05-01 |work=Sealift Magazine |publisher=Military Sealift Command |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125174230/http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2006/May/virginian.htm|archive-date=2007-01-25|access-date=2008-05-06 }} *{{cite web |url=https://www.navsource.net/archives/09/13/139205.htm |title=MV Virginian (AKR-9205) |author=Priolo, Gary P. |date=2004-10-15 |website=NavSource |access-date=2008-05-06 }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.amo-union.org/Newspaper/Morgue/7-2003/Sections/News/virginian.htm |title=New jobs for AMO on 'Virginian' |author=American Maritime Officers |author-link=American Maritime Officers |date=2003-07-01 |work=American Maritime Officer |publisher=American Maritime Officers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030923060255/http://amo-union.org/newspaper/Morgue/7-2003/Sections/News/virginian.htm|archive-date=2003-09-23|access-date=2008-05-06 }} *{{cite web|url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/N00p/pressrel/press98/press46.htm |title=Creative thinking offers stowage solution |author=MSC Public Affairs Officer |date=1998-10-29 |publisher=Military Sealift Command |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607113109/http://www.msc.navy.mil/N00p/pressrel/press98/press46.htm |archive-date=2011-06-07 |access-date=2008-05-06 }}

==External links== {{External media |float=right |image1=[http://www.sealiftinc.org/photo11_virginian.html MV ''Virginian'' photo at Sealift Inc.] |image2=[http://www.sealiftinc.org/images/virginian.pdf General arrangement diagram at Sealift Inc.] |image3=[http://www.shipphotos.co.uk/pages/strongvirginian.htm MV ''Strong Virginian'' photo at ShipPhotos.co.uk] |image4=[http://bob.plord.net/Ships/Period4/UnitedStates/SealiftShips/StrongVirginian.html MV ''Strong Virginian'' model photos] }} *[http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/970324-press14.htm MSC saves $20 million on ship charter contract] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20041129080144/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBQ/is_2002_Jan/ai_84649872 Military sealift command ships - Owner's & Operator's/Manual 2002] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070623201602/http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/pa/julissu.html American and British Forces Team Together to Support Exercise Strong Virginian] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070716013401/http://www.almc.army.mil/alog/issues/NovDec00/News.htm USTRANSCOM Publishes Handbook on Defense Transportation System] *[http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/takr-9025.htm T-AKR 9025 Strong Virginian] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120729194722/http://www.marinelink.com/story/strong+virginian+docks+at+a%26p+southampton-8601.html Strong Virginian Docks at A&P Southampton] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090714225844/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/DAHSUM/1999/ch6.html Department of the Army Historical Summary Fiscal Year 1999] <!--*[ ] *[ ] *[ ]-->

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