To: GATOR NAVY
“Rear Adm. Tom Carney, Joint Group Unit Guardian commander, said two contracted heavy-lift ships from Singapore are scheduled to arrive next Wednesday or Thursday at the site near Palawan Island to begin removing the stranded ship.”
Does the US navy have the capacity to do this type of thing instead of contracting it out?
13 posted on
01/27/2013 5:09:28 PM PST by
Rebelbase
( .223, .224, whatever it takes....)
To: Rebelbase
No, as pointed out by a poster above, the Navy has never had heavy lift capability. Keep in mind the heavy lift is not to get to the ship off the reef-the Navy can do that. It is to transport it afterwards as it is not expected to be tow-worthy due to hull damage. Both Samuel B. Roberts and Cole were transported by contracted heavy lift after they were damaged.
To: Rebelbase
No it’s normal ops to contract this sort of thing out.
19 posted on
01/27/2013 5:49:53 PM PST by
stuartcr
("I upraded my moral compass to a GPS, to keep up with the times.")
To: Rebelbase
No it’s normal ops to contract this sort of thing out.
20 posted on
01/27/2013 5:50:11 PM PST by
stuartcr
("I upraded my moral compass to a GPS, to keep up with the times.")
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