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MV Capt. Steven L. Bennett

bulk carrier launched in 1984

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ6719355 ↗
Source-derived summary

MV Capt. Steven L. Bennett (T-AK-4296) was a container ship and lead ship of her class. Originally named TNT Express, she was built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Koje, South Korea in 1984. She was named after United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient Captain Steven L. Bennett. The ship was a Logistics Prepositioning Ship sponsored by the U.S. Air Force. The ship returned to commercial service after the MSC contract ended in October 2012.

Previous owners

Capt. Steven L. Bennett was built in 1984 as TNT Express and operated as such under charter by ABC Containerline N.V. of Antwerp, Belgium for the London-based company TNT until 1991. In 1991, ABC Containerline bought the ship and renamed her Martha II. On February 14, 1996, the ship was detained in Melbourne, Australia when ABC went into receivership. Den norske Bank of Norway bought the ship later in 1996 and renamed her Sea Pride.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “MV Capt. Steven L. Bennett” as bulk carrier launched in 1984. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 2012, 1991, 1996—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Capt, Steven and Bennett can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as bulk carrier launched in 1984. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “MV Capt. Steven L. Bennett” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.