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There are three kinds of ship, which operate in joint squadrons:<ref>{{citation | | There are three kinds of ship, which operate in joint squadrons:<ref>{{citation | | ||
| title = Ships/Navy: Afloat Prepositioning Ship Program | | title = Ships/Navy: Afloat Prepositioning Ship Program | ||
| journal=Sea Power | | journal=Sea Power | ||
| date = Jan 2001 | | date = Jan 2001 |
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Originally obtained for the United States Marine Corps, but now making up United States Transportation Command's Afloat Prepositioning Force, (maritime) prepositioning ships carry the supplies to sustain a unit, whose personnel may fly in on passenger transport aircraft and man the equipment aboard the ships. The most common grouping is a squadron, which carries 30 days of supplies for a Marine Expeditionary Brigade, although there are prepositioning ships that carry ammunition for United States Air Force operations.
There are three kinds of ship, which operate in joint squadrons:[1] Air mobility is intimately associated with prepositioning ships, since many plans conceive of troops flying to the port or location where the ships unload.
- Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) in support of the U.S. Marine Corps
- Combat Prepositioning Ships (CPSs) in support of the U.S. Army
- Logistics Prepositioning Ships, (LPS) in support of the U.S. Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, and U.S. Air Force.
The ships are civilian-owned, and chartered by the United States Transportation Command. Depending on the area of operations, they may anchor at a secure forward location such as Guam or Diego Garcia, or may stay at sea, especially in the Mediterranean.
Maritime Prepositioning Squadron One
Operates in the Mediterranean:
- SS Sgt. Matej Kocak (MPF)
- MV 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo (MPF)
- SS Maj. Stephen W. Pless (MPF)
- SS Pfc. Eugene A. Obregon (MPF)
- MV Capt. Stephen L. Bennett (LPS)
- USNS Harry L. Martin (MPF(E))
Maritime Prepositioning Squadron Two
Operates from Diego Garcia:
- MV American Cormorant (CPS)
- MV Strong Virginian (CPS)
- MV Buffalo Soldier (LPS)
- SS Green Valley (CPS)
- MV Green Harbour (CPS)
- MV Jeb Stuart (CPS)
- MV Lt. Alex Bonnyman (MPF)
- MV Pfc. William B. Baugh (MPF)
- SS Cape Jacob (LPS)
- MV Pvt. Franklin J. Phillips (MPF)
- MV Cpl. Louis J. Hauge Jr. (MPF)
- MV Pfc. James Anderson Jr. (MPF)
- USNS Henry J. Kaiser (LPS)
- SS Potomac (LPS)
- MV Maj. Bernard F. Fisher (LPS)
Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron 3
Operates from Guam/Saipan
- MV Spec. 5 Eric G, Gibson (CPS)
- MV Lt. Col. Calvin P. Titus (CPS)
- SS Gopher State (CPS)
- MV Sgt. William R. Button (MPF)
- MV 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez (MPF)
- MV Pfc. DeWayne T. Williams (MPF)
- MV 1st Lt. Jack Lummus (MPF)
- SS Petersburg (LPS)
Afloat Propositioning Ships Squadron 4
Operates from Diego Garcia
- USNS Gilliland (CPS)
- USNS Watson (CPS)
- USNS Sisler (CPS)
- USNS Bob Hope (CPS)
- USNS Dahl (CPS)
- USNS Red Cloud (CPS)
References
- ↑ "Ships/Navy: Afloat Prepositioning Ship Program", Sea Power, Jan 2001