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The Navy's Military Sealift Command, Motor Vessel (MV) A1C WILLIAM H. PITSENBARGER (T-AK 4638) Container Ship receives her finishing touches as a Detyens shipyard employee paints its name on the bow. The PITSENBARGER is 621 feet long and 105 feet wide and carries a crew of 23 civilian mariners.   Its mission to preposition Air Force ammunition at sea near potential war or contingency sites.  The ship is named for AIRMAN First Class William H. Pitsenbarger a pararescue crew member posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on 11 April 1966 while serving in Vietnam

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The Navy's Military Sealift Command, Motor Vessel (MV) A1C WILLIAM H. PITSENBARGER (T-AK 4638) Container Ship receives her finishing touches as a Detyens shipyard employee paints its name on the bow. The PITSENBARGER is 621 feet long and 105 feet wide and carries a crew of 23 civilian mariners. Its mission to preposition Air Force ammunition at sea near potential war or contingency sites. The ship is named for AIRMAN First Class William H. Pitsenbarger a pararescue crew member posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on 11 April 1966 while serving in Vietnam

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Base: Charleston

State: South Carolina (SC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael Buytas, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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27/11/2001
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The U.S. National Archives
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