MV Leroy A. Mendonca explained

MV Leroy A. Mendonca, formerly USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303), was a Bob Hope-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy. She was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans and delivered to the Navy on 30 January 2001.[1] They assigned her to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command.[2] Mendonca is named for Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Leroy A. Mendonca, and is one of 11 Surge LMSRs operated by a private company under contract to the Military Sealift Command. She was assigned to the MSC Atlantic surge force and is maintained in Ready Operational Status 4. On 26 September 2022, Mendonca left service and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.

On March 11, 2024,the vessel unloaded the Army's 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team's 3000 pieces of equipment in the Greek port of Alexandroupolis.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MENDONCA (AKR 303). Naval Vessel Register. 9 November 2022.
  2. Web site: 2003-01-31 . USNS Mendonca (T-AKR-303) . dead . https://archive.today/20121212214915/http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=123 . 2012-12-12 . 2010-02-22 . . United States Navy.
  3. Web site: 2024-03-17 . Port of Alexandroupolis makes sustainment history with heavy brigade movement . 2024-03-21 . www.army.mil . en.