PFC WILLIAM B BAUGH T-AK 3001
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.
- ELEO MAERSK (Commercial Service) Owner listed in Lloyd's Register of Shipping as "A/S D/S Svendborg & D/S af"
- M/V PFC WILLIAM B. BAUGH T-AK 3001 Placed into service October 29 October 1984, operated by Maersk Line Ltd.
- MAERSK TEXAS (Commercial Service) Returned to her owners in 2008, sold to Maersk Line Ltd., and renamed
Cpl Louis J. Hauge Jr T-AK 3000 Class Maritime Prepositioning Ship
Built as commercial container ship in 1979 by Odense Staalskibsvaerft A/S, Lindo, Denmark
Acquired by the Navy under a long-term charter in 1984
Converted to a maritime prepositioning ship and delivered October 1984
Placed out of service July 15, 2008
IMO number: 7702023
Broken up in 2010
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2007-03-09
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - Private First Class William Bernard Baugh, USMC (July 7 1930 – November 29 1950)
Baugh served as a Private First Class, United States Marine Corps, Company G, 3d Battalion, 1st Marine, 1st Marine Division (Rein.) and participated in the Inchon landing, the capture of Seoul, and the Wonsan, Hungnam, and Chosin Reservoir campaigns.
PFC Baugh posthumously received the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism on November 29 1950, between Koto-ri and Hagaru-ri, when he protected the members of his squadron from a grenade by smothering it with his body.
In addition to the Medal of Honor, PFC Baugh posthumously received the Purple Heart Medal. He previously held the Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Europe Clasp, Korean Service Medal with three bronze stars, and the United Nations Service Medal.
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