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From: terryr@ogicse.ogi.edu (Terry Rooker)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: RoRo's and Invasion Support
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Date: 14 Aug 90 03:44:16 GMT
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From: terryr@ogicse.ogi.edu (Terry Rooker)
In article <1990Aug8.030526.26015@cbnews.att.com> lanham@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Ryan Lanham) writes:
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>
>What are current Roll On Roll Off support capabilities of the fleet in the
>unlikely event of moving large numbers of tanks to a port of limited 
>capabilities?  How many RoRo's does the Navy own, how many Abrams can fit
>on one, and how fast do they go?
>
Previously I posted the numbers of RoRo ships the Navy has.
Apparently, they feel the need to move LOTS of heavy equipment.  There
was an article in the Sunday Oregonian (12 Aug 90) that the National
Defense Reserve Fleet ships maintained in Portland, Or were being readied for
sea.  They also said that similar vessels in Puget Sound were being
readied.  Since these ships are part of the Suisin Bay fleet, it only
stands to reason that others are also being mobilized.

In another article a Navy Nurse at Bremerton said she was one of 150
active duty medical personnel from Bremerton that were transfered to
Oakland to man one of the Hospital ships.  This report was not
confirmed by the Navy or DoD.  They do admit to activating the 2
T-AH's for duty in the Persian Gulf.  Since these vessels have no
peacetime crews it makes sense that the Navy will move people from the
stateside hospitals to man the medical billets.


-- 
Terry Rooker
terryr@cse.ogi.edu