General Frank S. Besson-class support vessel
General Frank S. Besson-class logistics support vessels (LSV) are the largest powered watercraft in the United States Army, and are designed to give the Army a global strategic capability to deliver its vehicles and cargo.
USAV SSGT Robert T. Kuroda (LSV-7)
USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr (LSV-1) docked across from the USS Intrepid in Manhattan during Fleet Week 2010.
USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr (LSV-1)
From L to R: USAV MG Charles P. Gross (LSV-5), USAV MG Robert Smalls (LSV-8), and the USAV Churubusco (LCU-2013). Photo was taken while aboard the USAV Five Forks (LCU-2018)
Frank Schaffer Besson Jr., was a United States Army general who most notably served as the first commander of the US Army Materiel Command.
General Frank S. Besson Jr.
Besson in 1969.
Grave of Besson and his first two wives in Section V of West Point Cemetery
The USAV General Frank S. Besson Jr. unloading cargo during an exercise at Camp Lejuene