Was just looking over a photo of one of the Lewis and Clark class vessels, and wondering why no visible weaponry?
http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/pics/lewisandclark.jpg
Perhaps a knowledgeable Navy FReeper can fill us in as to why there aren’t some weapons on board if for nothing else to blast a pirate or two should the vessel be required to pass through the Indian Ocean.
These are USNS ships. Not USS. USNS are run primarily by civilians for freight, fuel and supply.
They areprimarily for underway replenishment, they are covered by the weapon systems of the warships in the area...They don’t hang around in hostile waters for very long anyway...
At least that was the “system” we had in the days of WestPacs and I.O. cruises...They be the support ships that would dash to a port, load up, meetus out in the middle of no where, and we’d have a fun time hauling lines over to take on fuel, mail, dry stores, cold pallets (reefers), and we’d always try to get some new guy to go around the ship looking for the ship’s credit card to pay for all the stuff...
