USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams
# USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams

USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009) , (former MV PFC Dewayne T. Williams (AK-3009)), is the second ship of the 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo-class cargo ship and one of the maritime prepositioning ships of the US Navy. She is named after Medal of Honor recipient and US Marine Dewayne T. Williams.

## Construction and career

She was built by General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Massachusetts, and acquired by the Navy under a long-term charter from 6 June 1985. The navy placed her under the direction of the Military Sealift Command as MV PFC Dewayne T. Williams (AK-3009), and assigned to be operated by American Overseas Marine Corporation.

She was purchased outright by Military Sealift Command on 17 January 2006, and was redesignated USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK-3009). She was one of the ships assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Program Squadron 1 under the operational control of MSC Europe, operating in the Mediterranean.

## Gallery

* PFC Dewayne T. Williams during Operation Desert Shield in 1990
* PFC Dewayne T. Williams during Operation Iraqi Freedom on 19 February 2004
* Stern view of PFC Dewayne T. Williams on 18 September 2014
