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One of the joys of wandering around an unfamiliar port is getting surprised, as I was to see an LCS underway. I also saw some reference to the place of LCS vessels in the USN fleet here and here on gCaptain. More on the ship and the Independence-class variant can be read here. Know the […]
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For the past week on AIS, this has been “govt vessel 5,” and she’s currently in Stapleton taking on fuel. Clearly she’s a Freedom-class LCS, with its distinctive bow-low profile. It’s powered by four engines: 2 x Fairbanks Morse/ Colt-Pielstick 9,100 hp diesels plus two 2 x Rolls-Royce 48,000 hp gas turbines run through four […]
Meeting the Fleet 2022 B
I’m just observing, not criticizing, but the vessel turnout in 2022 seems quite small. I understand that lots of other things are happening globally. Following USS Bataan, USCGC Sycamore (WLB-209) and HMS Protector (A-173) arrive. They are both about 20 years in service and have both done assignments in the Arctic. Sycamore made a run […]
St. Louis on the St. Lawrence
Where was Doornekamp’s Sheri Lynn S heading? Downstream on the St. Lawrence to assist USS St. Louis, LCS-19, as she was making a port stop in Ogdensburg NY. Also assisting was Océan Serge Genois. If this USN press release is current and accurate, other LCSs expected to exit the Great Lakes this year include […]
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. . . starting with Canadian government boats, Coast Guard vessels and CCGS-to-be. Tor Viking is the Davie Shipyard near Quebec City in Lévis, where she’ll be transformed into CCGS Vincent Massey, a medium class icebreaker, following the wakes of sister ships into CCGS Molly Kool and CCGS Jean Goodwill. Another CCGS, Sir Wilfred Grenfell, recently left […]
Meeting the Fleet 2019a
See that lineup . . . it can mean only one thing, and it’s not the invasion of 300 enemy warships. Here are some of those meeting the fleet . . . And here the fleet, part of the vessels . . .. Three Forty Three does the honors. The lead gray ship has […]
Ports of Western Mexico
Quick question: What is Mexico’s leading port? How about, several western Mexico ports? Given all the TV coverage of Mexico, you’d think we would all know these things. I don’t have a TV and read, but I did not know the name of this port. Here’s a photo of Mexico’s largest port as seen from […]
Lake Loop 6: The Island
Motor vehicles –except two for the police and fire–are not permitted on Mackinac Island; a RORO named Corsair runs supply trailers to the dock, where all cargo is transshipped onto wagons pulled by horses. Corsair, that RORO, was built in Rhode Island by Blount in 1955. Bicycles and horses provide transport on the island. Horses […]
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Some government boats have jet drives. In this post from early September 2014, the smaller vessel had jet drive, whereas the larger one–propellers, although I can find no info about , eg, their diameter. The other day in the East River I encountered FDNY’s newest (?) vessel, William M. Feehan. Click here for Feehan‘s dedication […]
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I’ve posted photos of USS Little Rock on this blog last winter, when it was frozen rock hard into the Montreal winter. Its lines helped me identify these vessels some weeks back as I was driving along the eastern shore of Wisconsin, where I had stopped to see what was in the Marinette Marine yard; […]
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