November 2, 2017
| History | Military | United States
USNS Millinocket (T-EPF-3), (formerly JHSV-3), (ex-Fortitude) is the third Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, which is part of the United States Military Sealift Command and was built in Mobile, Alabama. USNS Millinocket (T-EPF-3) The most modern naval vessel of the United States military apparently sailed past the watchful eye of Chinese ships patrolling wide areas of Read More
November 2, 2017
| History | Military | United States
USNS Fall River (T-EPF-4) is the fourth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, which is part of the United States Military Sealift Command.Fall River was built by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. USNS Fall River On 23 March 2010, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced in Fall River, Massachusetts that the fourth Expeditionary Fast Transport will Read More
November 2, 2017
| History | Military | United States
In 2010, Sirius was approved to carry and deploy boarding parties. This capability was tested during Exercise Kakadu 10, along with the ship’s first ever dual replenishment. HMAS SIRIUS (O 266) Sirius has a full load displacement of 46,775 tonnes, is 191.3 metres (628 ft) in length, with a beam of 32 metres (105 ft) Read More
November 1, 2017
| History | Military | United States
Salvor was laid down on 16 September 1983 by Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; launched on 28 July 1984; and commissioned on 14 June 1986. USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52) Salvor is the third ship of the auxiliary rescue and salvage class of vessel constructed for the US Navy. The rugged construction of this steel-hulled vessel, combined Read More
October 27, 2017
| History | Logistics | United States
Back in 1965, when the iconic song “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” was released by the great Otis Redding, Subic Bay was the United States’ largest overseas military base. Stretching across a mammoth 262 square miles, roughly the size of Singapore, the base ringed one of Asia’s most natural deep water harbors, located Read More