Posted on 03/06/2006 4:41:17 PM PST by SandRat
I served with great pride aboard the US Army Vessel "Lt.Col. John Page" BDL-1X, the first generation LOTS vessel built in 1958 and used with great success in Viet Nam between 1966 and 1970-something. It pleases me to see the concept continue to evolve.
FYI
Doesn't the Army have a bigger fleet than the Navy?
Army watercraft ping.
do we still have RORO ships or have they all been outdated / scrapped???
They did in WWII.
No P-51Gs would do just fine.
No idea.
we have more than ever.
Sounds great! Put me down for 2 advance orders. Where do I mail my check. I assume it will get better mileage than my M-60a3 but less then my M151a2?
The TSV will participate in Army and Navy satellite communications (SATCOM) architectures, has an international maritime satellite capability, and will directly receive intelligence broadcasts.The TSV is equipped for self-deployment between theaters using both military and civil maritime C4ISR equipment suites with full-spectrum communications interoperability.2 Data communications via Global Command and Control Systems-Army (GCCS-A) and Maritime (GCCS-M) and Blue Force Tracker software maintain land, air, and sea situational awareness and transmit the TSV's location to the joint common operating picture (COP).
In my opinion, one of the best things going. Back in my day the only way an Army vessel could communicate with a Navy vessel was with an open civilian radio frequency, blinker likght or signal flags. Every joint ops for close to 20 years noticed this problem, but due to interservice problems (neither service wanted to change) nothing was done about it. Now it looks like the Army sailors can talk to everyone.
The Army can't stand it, that they don't have ships.
“The Army has had a navy even before Congress authorized the US Navy. Even then the US Navy did not want to have anything to do with hauling men and material up and down rivers. The US Navy only wanted to fight naval battles. The dividing line between the US Army and the US Navy became brown water and blue water. Where it came to water, the Army would have to rely on its own navy for support. For this reason, the United States has always maintained two navies."
Richard Killblane, US Army Transportation Corps Historian.
The Spanish American War brought the US Army into the realm of blue water when the US Navy wanted nothing to do with the mere transport of troops and supplies. In Viet Nam the US Navy, like during the War Between the States entered the brown water arena – the NVA had no Capital ships to fight. They also wrongly grabbed the credit for most amphibious operations.
Actually the United States Army has one of the largest fleets in the world: http://www.transcom.mil/
Let's hope the Army didn't pay 100% of the development costs of this thing!
I bet a well placed RPG hit could disable it.
They were purchased off the shelf. Some modifications were made to accommodate military needs.
I bet a well placed RPG hit could disable it.
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