Old, Broken MARAD RRF Ship, SS Curtiss, Threatened Marine Corps Asset
Pananalapi Luma, Sirang MARAD RRF Ship, SS Curtiss, Threatened Marine Corps Asset 14 minuto ang nakalipas Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin As super typhoon Mawar approached America‘s island redoubt of Guam, all the large ships in Guam’s port sortied, except for one important U.S. Marine Corps asset. An aging but in-demand U.S. Maritime Administration Aviation Logistics Support Ship, the SS (T-AVB 4), was stuck, unable to leave port. According to a Maritime Administration spokesperson, one of two main propulsion boilers aboard the fifty-two- year-old steam-powered ship was inoperable, making it too dangerous for the important Maritime Administration asset—a floating Marine Corps aircraft repair depot—to ride out the approaching storm at sea. Instead, the crew lashed the broken ship to a pier, riding out the storm in port. When Mawar moved on, the had clearly dodged a bullet. Though the ship was subjected to 140 Kt winds, the only casualty was to the ship‘s anemometer—the wind gauge had broken. The embarked Marines helped Guam’s ongoing recovery efforts, and, once the boiler was repaired, the ship continued the trip back to the Continental United States. While both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration can breathe a sigh of relief that the crew‘s heavy