MV LTC John U.D. Page

	MV LTC John U.D. Page
History
United States
Name	LTC John U.D. Page
Namesake	John U. D. Page
Owner	United States Lines (1985-1988); Sea-Land Service (1988–2000); Maersk Line (2000-2010s);
Builder	Daewoo Shipbuilding
Yard number	4011
Completed	1985
Renamed	American Utah (1985-1986); Irene D (1986-1988); Utah (1988); Newark Bay (1988-2001);
Identification	IMO number: 8212714; MMSI number: 367040000; Callsign: WAAD; ; Hull number: AK-4496;
Fate	Scrapped, 2015
General characteristics
Class and type	LTC John U.D. Page-class cargo ship
Displacement	74,500 t (73,323 long tons), full
Length	949 ft 8 in (289.46 m)
Beam	105 ft 9 in (32.23 m)
Draft	35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Propulsion	1 × Sulzer 7-cyl. diesel engine
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	4,614 TEU
Complement	21 mariners
Aviation facilities	Helipad

USNS LTC John U.D. Page (AK-4496), was the lead ship of the LTC John U.D. Page-class cargo ship built in 1985.[1][2] The ship is named after Lieutenant Colonel John U. D. Page, an American soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor during Korean War.[3]

Construction and commissioning

The ship was built in 1985 at the Daewoo Shipyard, Koje, Yeongnam. She was put into the service of United States Lines as American Utah and Irene D from 1985 until the company's bankruptcy in 1986.[4][5]

Sea-Land Service later acquired the ship in 1988 and put in service as Utah and Newark Bay until 2000.[6][5]

In October 2000, the ship was chartered by the Maersk Line for the Military Sealift Command and was put into the Prepositioning Program and the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron 2 as MV LTC John U.D. Page (AK-4496) on 1 March 2001.[4]

In 2015, the ship left for scrap in Rotterdam, Netherlands by Sea2Cradlen and the recycling process was completed by 2016.[7]

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