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Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force
The Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force is a division of the US Navy. The 42 ships of the Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force are the supply lines to U.S. Navy ships at sea. These ships provide virtually everything that Navy ships need, including fuel, food, ordnance, spare parts, mail and other supplies. NFAF ships enable the Navy fleet to remain at sea, on station and combat ready for extended periods of time. NFAF ships also conduct towing, rescue and salvage operations or serve as floating medical facilities. All NFAF ships are government owned and crewed by civil service mariners. Some of the ships also have a small contingent of Navy personnel aboard for operations support, supply coordination and helicopter operations. As a result of a 2012 reorganization, Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force was renamed Combat Logistics Force, with some of its ship categories being transferred to a new Service Support program. Fleet Replenishment Oilers Fifteen fleet replenishment oi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of its active battle fleet alone exceeding the next 13 navies combined, including 11 allies or partner nations of the United States as of 2015. It has the highest combined battle fleet tonnage (4,635,628 tonnes as of 2019) and the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with eleven in service, two new carriers under construction, and five other carriers planned. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the United States Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 290 deployable combat vessels and more than 2,623 operational aircraft . The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revolut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USNS Amelia Earhart
USNS ''Amelia Earhart'' (T-AKE-6), a ''Lewis and Clark''-class dry cargo ship is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for noted American aviation pioneer and women's rights advocate Amelia Earhart (1897–1937). The contract to build the ship was awarded to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, California, on 27 January 2004. Her keel was laid down at the end of May 2007 at General Dynamics' NASSCO shipyard. In early 2007, Alex Mandel along with members of the Amelia Earhart Society (AES) and Amelia Earhart Research Association (AERA) successfully petitioned the naming of the ship. On 26 July 2007 one of the ship's four 200-ton diesel-electric engines toppled from a truck delivering it to the shipyard in the 2700 block of Harbor Drive, San Diego. The engine damaged three vehicles, completely flattening one. A woman sleeping in the back of a van whose front-end was destroyed suffered minor injuries. The accident also created an sink-h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transports Of The United States Navy
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Auxiliary Ships Of The United States Navy
Auxiliary may refer to: * A backup site or system In language * Auxiliary language (other) * Auxiliary verb In military and law enforcement * Auxiliary police * Auxiliaries, civilians or quasi-military personnel who provide support of some kind to a military service ** Auxiliaries (Roman military) In religion * Auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church * Auxiliary organization (LDS Church) In technology * Auxiliary input jack and auxiliary cable, generally for audio; frequently associated with mobile device audio * Aux-send of a mixing console * An auxiliary Port is a common port found on many Cisco routers for CLI access. Other uses * Auxiliary route, also known as "special route", in road transportation ** An auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System in the United States * Auxiliary ship is a naval vessel designed to operate in support of combat ships and other naval operations * Auxiliary (fraternity or sorority) * A marching band color guard See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Navy Organization
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List Of Military Sealift Command Ships
This is a list of Military Sealift Command ships. The fleet includes about 130 ships in eight programs: Fleet Oiler (PM1), Special Mission (PM2), Strategic Sealift (PM3), Tow, Salvage, Tender, and Hospital Ship (PM4), Sealift (PM5), Combat Logistics Force (PM6), Expeditionary Mobile Base, Amphibious Command Ship, and Cable Layer (PM7) and Expeditionary Fast Transport (PM8). List of current Military Sealift Command ships Previous MSC Ships * * MV ''A1C William H. Pitsenbarger'' (T-AK 4638) * * USNS ''Algol'' (T-AKR-287) * USNS ''Altair'' (T-AKR-291) * MV ''American Tern'' (T-AK-4729) * USNS ''Antares'' (T-AKR-294) * USNS ''Assurance'' (T-AGOS-5) * MV ''Atlantic Freighter'' * USNS ''Audacious'' (T-AGOS-11) * MV ''Baffin Strait'' (T-AK W9519) * SS ''Beaver State'' (T-ACS-10) * USNS ''Bellatrix'' (T-AKR-288) * * * * * * * * * * * * USNS ''Capella'' (T-AKR-293) * * * * * * * USNS ''Denebola'' (T-AKR-289) * * SS ''Empire State'' (T-AP-1001) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital Ship
A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating medical treatment facility or hospital. Most are operated by the military forces (mostly navies) of various countries, as they are intended to be used in or near war zones. In the 19th century, redundant warships were used as moored hospitals for seamen. The Second Geneva Convention prohibits military attacks on hospital ships that meet specified requirements, though belligerent forces have right of inspection and may take patients, but not staff, as prisoners of war. History Early examples Hospital ships possibly existed in ancient times. The Athenian Navy had a ship named ''Therapia'', and the Roman Navy had a ship named ''Aesculapius'', their names indicating that they may have been hospital ships. The earliest British hospital ship may have been the vessel ''Goodwill'', which accompanied a Royal Navy squadron in the Mediterranean in 1608 and was used to house the sick sent aboard from other ships. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usns Comfort
USNS ''Comfort'' (T-AH-20) is a of the United States Navy. ''Comfort''s duties include providing emergency, on-site care for U.S. combatant forces deployed in war or other operations. Operated by the Military Sealift Command, ''Comfort'' provides rapid, flexible, and mobile medical and surgical services to support Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Forces and Army and Air Force units deployed ashore, and naval amphibious task forces and battle forces afloat. Secondarily, she provides mobile surgical hospital service for use by appropriate U.S. government agencies in disaster or humanitarian relief or limited humanitarian care incident to these missions or peacetime military operations. ''Comfort'' is more advanced than a field hospital but less capable than a traditional hospital on land. From 30 March to 30 April 2020, ''Comfort'' was stationed in New York City to help combat the city's coronavirus pandemic by treating non-coronavirus, and later on, coronavirus-positive patients ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rescue And Salvage Ship
Rescue and salvage ships (hull classification symbol ARS) are a type of military salvage tug. They are tasked with coming to the aid of stricken vessels. Their general mission capabilities include combat salvage, lifting, towing, retraction of grounded vessels, off-ship firefighting, and manned diving operations.http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=188 Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory: Rescue Salvage Ships They were common during World War II. List of rescue and salvage ships of the United States Navy by class The following ship classes have been designated under the ARS hull classification symbol in United States Navy Service. ''Lapwing''-class minesweeper conversions The earliest designated United States Navy salvage ships (ARS) were converted s. Ships of this type were operated by the United States Navy as salvage ships from June 1941 until USS ''Viking'' was decommissioned and scrapped in 1953. * * * * * * * ''Diver'' class The United States Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USNS Catawba (T-ATF 168) Underway
USNS ''Catawba'' is a operated by the Military Sealift Command for the United States Navy. It is currently based in Manama, Bahrain. It was launched in 1979 and is the last ship of its class still in service. In December 2020, the Navy announced its intention to retire ''Catawba'' during fiscal year 2023. Construction and characteristics The contract for the first four ''Powhatan''-class tugs was awarded to Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette Marine on 12 September 1975. ''Catawba'' was the third of these vessels to be launched. The contract price for the four ships was $30.5 million. ''Catawba's'' keel was laid down on 14 December 1977 at Marinette's shipyard. She was launched on 22 September 1979, and christened by Mrs. James R. Derusha, wife of the president of Marinette Marine. The ship was delivered to the Navy on 28 May 1980. ''Catawba's'' hull is built of welded steel plates. The ship is long, with a beam of , and a draft of . She displaces 2,260 tons ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USNS Alan Shepard
USNS ''Alan Shepard'' (T-AKE-3) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, ''Lewis and Clark''-class dry cargo ship in the United States Navy. She is named for astronaut and Rear Admiral Alan Shepard (1923–1998), the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon. The contract to build her was awarded to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego, on 16 July 2002. Construction began on 13 September 2005. She was launched on 6 December 2006, sponsored by Laura Churchley, daughter of RAdm. Shepard. She is part of the United States Pacific Fleet, Pacific Fleet. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alan Shepard (T-AKE-3) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ships Ships built in San Diego 2006 ships Alan Shepard Bulk carriers of the United States Navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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