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To: BBell

USNS?


11 posted on 02/26/2018 10:25:09 PM PST by wastedyears (Americans are dreamers too.)
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To: wastedyears

United States Navy Ship. A non commissioned ship owned by the navy.


18 posted on 02/27/2018 12:06:49 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: wastedyears; BBell

Military sealift. Manned by civilian crews IIRC.


19 posted on 02/27/2018 1:29:56 AM PST by SargeK
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To: wastedyears

United States Naval Ship = non-combatant, fleet auxiliary vessel designation. Typically a mixed Navy, Merchant crew from what I’ve seen & read.

United States Ship = combatant


21 posted on 02/27/2018 3:27:34 AM PST by Tallguy
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To: wastedyears

US Naval Ship - typically manned by a Merchant Marine and/or civilian crew with a Navy Liaison on board (at least up till I got off active in the mid-90s) for classified communications and such. Almost all replenishment ships are of the USNS variety.


25 posted on 02/27/2018 9:25:19 AM PST by reed13k
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To: wastedyears

United States Naval Ship.. essentially the Military Sealift Command... crewed by civilians.


27 posted on 02/27/2018 11:30:31 AM PST by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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