FIRST LT ALEX BONNYMAN T-AK 3003

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

CPL Louis J. Hague Jr., Class Maritime Propositioning Ship
Built by Odense Staalskibsvaerft A/S, Lindo, Denmark, as MV Emilie Maersk in 1979


1. EMILIE MAERSK (Commercial Service)
Owned and operated by the Maersk Line
Acquired by the US Navy under a long-term charter in 1984
Converted at the Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, Massachusetts to a maritime prepositioning ship
Conversion completed in September 1985


2. 1ST LT ALEX BONNYMAN T-AK-3003
Placed in service under the direction of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) September 26 1985, operated by Maersk Line Ltd.
Struck from the Naval Register in 2009 and sold for scrapping in August 2009

Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Saipan

2007-03-19 to 2007-03-19

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - First Lieutenant Alexander (Sandy) Bonnyman, Jr., USMCR (May 2 1910 - November 22 1943).
1st Lt Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., USMCR, Executive Officer of the 2d Battalion, 8th Marines' Shore Party, was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for extreme bravery during the assault on the Japanese bombproof shelter on D+2, Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands.
In addition to the Medal of Honor, Lt. Bonnyman was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three Bronze Stars, and the World War II Victory Medal.

 

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