LTC John U.D. Page-class dry cargo ship
 MV LTC John U.D. Page
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| History |
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 United States |
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| Name | LTC John U.D. Page |
| Namesake | John U. D. Page |
| Owner | |
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding |
| Yard number | 4011 |
| Completed | 1985 |
| Renamed |
- American Utah (1985-1986)
- Irene D (1986-1988)
- Utah (1988)
- Newark Bay (1988-2001)
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| Identification | |
| Fate | Scrapped, 2015 |
| General characteristics |
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| 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 (T-AK-4496), is the only 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 (T-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]
