Posted: March 4, 2015

Photos: USNS Wheeler deploys LARC craft


The USNS VADM K.R. Wheeler in February deployed one of the vessel's two lighter amphibious resupply cargo (LARC) crafts as part of a scheduled exercise. Students from the Brilliant Star Montessori School came to watch the LARC drive up the old seaplane ramp in Saipan. With the students are Capt. Robert Rochford, commander of Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron 3; ENS Janine Walsh, MPSRON 3; Rick Bower, DS-2 mission specialist, USNS Wheeler; First Assistant Engineer Frank Celino; Captain John Mansfield, master on the USNS Wheeler; Chief Engineer Patrick Yarbrough; AB Brian Frederick; and Second Assistant Engineer Christopher Blouch. The officers and crew of the USNS Wheeler in February also co-hosted a fundraiser in Saipan for the Commonwealth Cancer Association. The USNS Wheeler is operated for Military Sealift Command by TOTE Services, Inc. and is manned in all licensed positions by American Maritime Officers. Photo courtesy of Captain John Mansfield

The USNS VADM K.R. Wheeler in February deployed one of the vessel's two lighter amphibious resupply cargo (LARC) crafts as part of a scheduled exercise. The USNS Wheeler is operated for Military Sealift Command by TOTE Services, Inc. and is manned in all licensed positions by American Maritime Officers. Photo courtesy of Captain John Mansfield