Category:IMO 8313661

**MV Capt. Steven L. Bennett**
	bulk carrier launched in 1984
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Instance of	bulk carrier;
Call sign	KAXO;
Operator	United States Navy;
Manufacturer	Samsung Heavy Industries;
Country of registry	United States of America;
Service entry	1984;
Significant event	ship breaking (Alang Ship Breaking Yard, 2016);
Gross tonnage	29,226;
Length	210 m;
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	Q6719355; IMO ship number: 8313661; MMSI: 368145000
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Ship[edit]

Type: Conbulker, a flexible design allowing it to carry both containerized and bulk cargo.
Design by:
Order date:
Built by: Samsung Heavy Industries, Koje, South Korea
Yard No: 1037
Keel laid:
Launch date:
Date of completion: 1984
Length over all: 209.4 m
LPP: m
Beam: 30.48 m
Draft: 11.6 m
GRT: 29226
DWT:
NET:
TEU: 1922
Main engine: 1 diesel
Speed: 16.5 kn

Sensitive electronic cargoes in harsh environments for potentially years at a time requires advanced environmental controls. The most obvious is the cocoon, or white fabric shell that covers the ship from holds number nine to three. All ships in the Bennett class "feature climate-controlled cocoons on their weather decks that allow them to carry approximately 50 percent more cargo, while protecting the additional cargo from the marine environment." In addition to the cocoon, Tidal Engineering Corporation's Control and Monitoring System (TECMS) is used, which monitors and controls the cargo refrigeration and dehumidification controls, as well as providing administrative reports.

History[edit]

1984 Named: TNT EXPRESS for TNT N.V. London Flag: United Kingdom
1991 Sold to ABC Containerline Renamed: MARTHA II
14.02.1996 Detained in Melbourne, Australia when ABC went into receivership.
1996 Sold to Den norske Bank of Norway Renamed: SEA PRIDE
1997 Sold to Sealift Incorporated Flag: United States
20.11.1997 Renamed: CAPT. STEVEN L. BENNETT Flag: United States
- Callsign: KAXO
1998 Prepositioning service under MPS Squadron One in the Mediterranean and as such became MV Capt Steven L. Bennett (T-AK-4296) The letter T indicates "assigned to Commander, Military Sealift Command as a type commander." The letters "AK" are reserved for cargo ships.
1999 Involved in the NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, where she "off-loaded more than two-thirds of her cargo of U.S. Air Force ammunition containers in Nordenham, Germany, which was distributed to the United Kingdom, Italy and other locations within Germany -- quickly replenishing the Air Force's stockpile in theater
2003, Bennett's crew were awarded the Merchant Marine Expeditionary Medal
Spends much of her time at anchor in the lagoon of Diego Garcia.