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The hull includes 7 watertight bulkheads forming 8 watertight compartments. Boats can be refueled at sea using side by side procedures, and run on #2 diesel fuel. Weather survivability includes Sea State 5 survival at the best heading, and full operational capability at Sea State 3, including 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) patrol speed and 10 knots ...
GSL-class vessels have a length of 52 meters and a beam of 8 meters with a design speed of over 27 knots. These vessels, which will be equipped with state of the art equipment and computerized control systems, are state-of-the-art Fast Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard. They are based on an GSL's in-house design. [1]
Stena Explorer was the last of the vessels to be retired in 2015 when Stena Line cancelled the fast ferry service between Holyhead, Wales and Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. As of November 2019, one vessel is laid up ( Stena Carisma in Gothenburg, Sweden , [ 1 ] while in 2013 Stena Voyager (on the Belfast - Stranraer route between 1996 and 2011) was ...
In 1984, Algol was the first Fast Sealift Ship to take part in a European exercise when she took part in the NATO exercise, Operation REFORGER. [7] Algol took part in the Persian Gulf War in 1990. Along with the other seven Algol -class cargo ships, she transported 14 percent of all cargo delivered between the United States and Saudi Arabia ...
New Bedford was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in the early 1800s. Nearly two centuries later New Bedford aspires to light the world again, in a ...
USNS Brunswick (JHVS-6/T-EPF-6), [2] is the sixth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, [1] currently in service with the United States Navy ' s Military Sealift Command. [3] It is the fourth ship in naval service named after Brunswick, Georgia . [ 4 ]
USNS Supply (T-AOE-6), ex-USS Supply (AOE-6), is the lead ship of the Supply-class fast combat support ships. [1] She was commissioned in 1994 and decommissioned in 2001, after which she was transferred for service with the U.S. Military Sealift Command .
USNS Apalachicola (T-EPF-13) is the thirteenth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport and operated by the United States Navy ' s Military Sealift Command. [1] It is the second ship in naval service named after Apalachicola, Florida.