TAK-3016 LCPL Roy M. Wheat

Country:  United States

Builder: Chernomorskiy, Nikolaiev South, Ukraine.

Commission date: 07 October 2003.

Displacement ( tons ): 50.059 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 263,1 x 30 x 10,67

Main machinery: 2 x Mashproekt-Zorya M-25 gas turbines ( 38.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 22.

Complement: 29 civilians.

Military lift: 128.000 square feet for vehicle storage or 1.017 TEU.

Helicopter: Helicopter platform.

Callsign: NROY ()

Comment: ex-Bazaliya, ex-Vladimir Vaslayayev. Built in Ukraine in 1987, although delivered for commercial service around 1990. Acquired by the US Navy in 1997 and converted to MSC service in 2001 at Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Mobile, Alabama. Conversion to MSC required extensive works: new gas turbines, complete overhaul of existing diesel generators, addition of emergency diesel generators, addition of the helicopter platform, lengthening and strengthening of articulated stern ramp, crew accomodations, asbestos removal ... .