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Monday, July 16, 2012
USNS Rappahannock
Interesting

Security Team on U.S. Navy Supply Ship Fires On Skiff Off Dubai, Killing One [UPDATED]

Update: The vessel fired on was a fishing boat whose owner is from the United Arab Emirates, according to Al Arabiya television. The fisherman who was killed

July 16, 2012
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
mcmurdo-ice--ship-pier antarctica
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McMurdo Ice Pier – A Blast & Rebuild Of World’s Most Southern Harbor

With the summer season officially over in Antarctica, International scientists in the region are finishing construction projects and are buttoning up McMurdo

April 17, 2012
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Ship Photo of The Week – Antarctic Delivery
Navy

Ship Photo of The Week – Antarctic Delivery

  Here, the Military Sealift Command-chartered cargo ship MV Green Wave is in the process of offloading more than 6.8 million pounds of vital supplies,

February 28, 2012
Total Views: 86

Thursday, February 16, 2012
uss cabot-scrapped
Blog

Scrapping The USS Savannah – The Ruination of a Tanker

The USS Savannah (AOR-4), a Wichita-class tanker almost as long as two football fields, was operated by Military Sealift Command to refuel warships in the

February 16, 2012
Total Views: 751

Tuesday, December 20, 2011
international paint
Press Releases

International Paint’s Copper-Free Antifouling Receives US Navy Approval

Interspeed® 5640, International Paint’s, copper free antifouling, has received U.S. Navy approval to MILPRF-24647 Type I Classes 1 & 2, Grades A

December 20, 2011
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Press Releases

Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Two flagship completes port visit to Maldives

Military Sealift Command Maritime Prepositioning Force ship USNS SGT William R. Button left the port of Male, Republic of the Maldives, today after completing

December 14, 2011
Total Views: 156

Saturday, December 3, 2011
MSC-Prepositioning-Ship USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak
Press Releases

Keystone Awarded New Military Sealift Command Prepositioning Contract

Keystone Prepositioning Services, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, Pa., is being awarded an $8,991,957 firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of three

December 3, 2011
Total Views: 86

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Press Releases

USNS Safeguard Visits Tsunami-Stricken Japanese Port

By Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Daniel Sanford, U.S. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan Public Affairs ONAGAWA, Japan — Sailors and civilians

November 29, 2011
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
MSC’s Newest T-AKE-class Cargo Ship Christened in San Diego
Navy

MSC’s Newest T-AKE-class Cargo Ship Christened in San Diego

USNS Medgar Evers, the newest ship in the U.S. Navy’s Lewis and Clark-class of dry cargo/ammunition ships operated by civilian mariners working with

November 15, 2011
Total Views: 141

Monday, October 3, 2011
Maersk Line, Limited Welcomes Ice-Classed U.S.-Flag Tanker To Its Fleet
Navy

Maersk Line, Limited Welcomes Ice-Classed U.S.-Flag Tanker To Its Fleet

A.P. Moller – Maersk Group’s U.S. arm Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) last week celebrated the naming of its first ice-classed and fourth U.S. flag

October 3, 2011
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
First of Ten Civilian-Crewed JHSV’s for U.S. Navy Christened
Navy

First of Ten Civilian-Crewed JHSV’s for U.S. Navy Christened

USNS Spearhead, the first of the Navy’s joint high-speed vessels designed for rapid intra-theater transport of troops and military equipment, was

September 21, 2011
Total Views: 26

Saturday, July 23, 2011
Port of Charleston welcomes largest container ship to date
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Port of Charleston welcomes largest container ship to date

MSC BRUXELLES entering the Port of Charleston. Photo courtesy Port of Charleston Charleston, SC – South Carolina welcomed the largest container ship to

July 23, 2011
Total Views: 78

Friday, July 1, 2011
Maersk Line, Limited Wins Ice-Strengthened Tanker Time Charter From MSC
Navy

Maersk Line, Limited Wins Ice-Strengthened Tanker Time Charter From MSC

Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) has been awarded a long-term time charter of an ice-strengthened tanker to support the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command

July 1, 2011
Total Views: 70

Friday, June 17, 2011
Merchant Marine Reserve Program becomes Strategic Sealift Officer Program
Navy

Merchant Marine Reserve Program becomes Strategic Sealift Officer Program

By: Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Strategic Mobility and Combat Logistics Division WASHINGTON (NNS) — After extensive coordination with

June 17, 2011
Total Views: 427

Sunday, June 5, 2011
MSC Ship Completes First Replenishment-at-Sea of USS George H.W. Bush
Navy

MSC Ship Completes First Replenishment-at-Sea of USS George H.W. Bush

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Timothy Walter, USS George H.W. Bush Public Affairs ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) — USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

June 5, 2011
Total Views: 42

Thursday, May 19, 2011
Navy Names Ship for Civil Rights Activist Cesar Chavez
Navy

Navy Names Ship for Civil Rights Activist Cesar Chavez

In this file photo of June 18, 2010, the Military Sealift Command Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) is seen in

May 19, 2011
Total Views: 96

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
USNS John Ericsson crew rescues five near Solomon Islands
Navy

USNS John Ericsson crew rescues five near Solomon Islands

Civil service mariners aboard Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson rescued five people lost at sea in a small boat near the

May 18, 2011
Total Views: 69

Friday, May 6, 2011
Army transfers civilian crewed joint high speed vessels to Navy
Navy

Army transfers civilian crewed joint high speed vessels to Navy

The Department of Defense announced today that the departments of the Navy and Army signed a Memorandum of Agreement May 2 transferring all five of the

May 6, 2011
Total Views: 325

Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Military Sealift Command Supports Coalition Ships in Libya Operation
Navy

Military Sealift Command Supports Coalition Ships in Libya Operation

MEDITERRANEAN SEA – Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn delivered vital fuel and supplies to Canadian navy ship HMCS

May 3, 2011
Total Views: 131

Tuesday, April 19, 2011
New ship for Military Sealift Command Launched – USNS William McLean
News

New ship for Military Sealift Command Launched – USNS William McLean

Photo by Sarah E. Burford, Military Sealift Command Pacific USNS William McLean, the newest ship in the U.S. Navy’s Lewis and Clark-class of dry

April 19, 2011
Total Views: 109