The U.S. Army Vessel General Brehon B. Somervell (LSV-3) is a General Frank S. Besson, Jr.-class Logistics Support Vessel. The ship and its five class cohorts were built by VT Halter Marine, (formerly Moss Point Marine) of Gulfport, Mississippi. It is named for General Brehon B. Somervell, the Commanding General of the United States Army Service Forces in World War II. The vessel is currently home-ported in Tacoma, Washington, and is assigned to the 805th Transportation Detachment (U.S. Army Reserve).
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“Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)