The last T-2 tanker, in the world is on the way to its final resting place. The USNS Mission Santa Ynez is a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker, of the Mission Buenaventura Class. She has been laid-up in the mothball fleet of Suisun Bay, CA since 1975, and in a few days will be departing the San [...]
Here’s the complicated story of the Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet, and the latest on its possible closure from the San Francisco Chronicle – The federal government and environmental groups reached an agreement Wednesday that will mean the end of the ghost fleet of retired ships in Suisun Bay. The vessels were once part [...]
This comes our way via the Benicia Herald – The last Victory cargo ship moored in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is expected to be towed today to San Francisco Ship Repair, a spokesman from Office of Congressional and Public Affairs said. The SS Winthrop Victory is scheduled to depart the fleet at 10:30 a.m. [...]
A recent panel commissioned by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) released a report titled “Red Sky in the Morning: USMMA” which detailed a critical need for recapitalization of aging and deteriorating facilities at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. The report concluded that the Academy has reached a “tipping point” at which failure [...]
The C-5-S-75a class cargo ship is one of the last remaining bulk cargo ships that remain in service under the U.S. Flag. A total of 5 ships were constructed under this class at the Newport News Shipbuilding Co. in Newport News, VA from 1968 to 1969. They entered the fleet just as containerization began to [...]
In a relatively lightly published and un-noticed event, the U.S. flagged cargo ship M/V SAGAMORE was attacked and robbed on Aug. 8th by two men with AK-47s near the al-Basrah Oil Terminal, which lies about 19 miles from the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr. The SAGAMORE is operated by Sealift Inc., a privately held company [...]
The appearance of the small foreign freighter loaded with over 490 Tamil refugees off the shores of the U.S. and Canadian border in the Pacific Northwest posed a fairly significant challenge to the Canadian Maritime Forces this week. It became a particular challenge for Canada vice the U.S. because the vessel was requesting asylum in [...]
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