AOR Replacement & the Joint Support Ship (Merged Threads)
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Colin Parkinson
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Can't recall if this was already mentioned here. This will be useful in many places.
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A motorized barge is new technology?
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No. New to use I guess. Its basically a type of Mexeflote
Colin Parkinson
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New again to us, I recall us having some for WWII.
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Looks like a useful piece of kit to have!!
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I went to Fort Eustis back in 1980 to visit with one of the US Army Transportation Battalion (Terminal) who are responsible for over the shore logistics operations. This particular battalion operated Landing Craft Utility something like this one.
It has a crew of fourteen (and yes there are sleeping and kitchen facilities for them on board in two rooms (8 and 6 I think)) which allowed mixed sex crews. The capacity for the one I was on was two M60 tanks and is commanded by a warrant officer. The battalions have been downsized a bit but there's a significant USAR component to them. They have a range of roughly 1,200 nm but generally work just ship to shore with ships offloading by crane into them.
It has a crew of fourteen (and yes there are sleeping and kitchen facilities for them on board in two rooms (8 and 6 I think)) which allowed mixed sex crews. The capacity for the one I was on was two M60 tanks and is commanded by a warrant officer. The battalions have been downsized a bit but there's a significant USAR component to them. They have a range of roughly 1,200 nm but generally work just ship to shore with ships offloading by crane into them.
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It's the army that is responsible for the Gaza pier, not their fault that the operation shows the deep lack of funding and interest by both the Army High Command and the USN. Plus the utterly stupid location they are forced to use. The only good thing is that it is publicly embarrassing the US and hopefully leads to more funding for this unsexy but critical capacity.
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They blow their horn all the time like that. Nothing new.
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A well deserved horn tooting....and no surprise of issues with an ISI product.
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Davie’s continued milking of the MV Asterix should qualify them for a head position within the Canadian Dairy Industry.
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Not in my opinion. They didn't put baffles in the fuel tanks. That ship is terrifying to sail on when the free surface effect starts. You wonder if it will ever right itself in some seas. It also means it can't refuel in some seastates that it should be able to as its roll is not predictable at all.
The accident with the Cyclone a few years ago directly relates to this issue.
All in all it's fine, but glass houses and all that.
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They also keep saying it's an example of building, except most of the building of the superstructure was done elsewhere, so what they did was basically an extensive refit.
They still need to do a number of upgrades to actually build ships efficiently.
Does it flood?
Serious question, can they not install baffles now? Is it not with the down time or considered serious enough to fix?
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Apparently not, they already went into one docking period and that wasn't one of the things done. I surmise that in order to meet the date for delivery this was purposely done. If not a blunder of epic proportions. When the ship arrived in Halifax, the upper decks weren't even painted and the ship went alongside and had contractors onboard for weeks to finish the fitting out. When it first went to sea and practiced the first dry hookups, the RAS gear literally fell apparent stuffed with garbage, a parting gift from Davie workers for their layoff. Keep in mind as well that a major part of that ship was made in Finland. I laugh each time I hear "on time".
Colin Parkinson
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I am surprised that they were even certified without them?
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Go Germany!
Originally launched in Germany in 2010 as Cynthia, the ship was converted and delivered to the RCN in December 2017 when she will be leased to the navy with a merchant navy crew, complemented by RCN personnel. Asterix will be in Canadian service well into the 2020s.
MV Asterix - Wikipedia
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One of the big misses in my career is a posting to Asterix. Had the message in my hand but they wouldn't wait for me.
Haven't met a person yet who sailed in her who didn't live their time with Asterix.
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