USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in the Indian Ocean.

USS Stout after a record 215 straight days at sea

USNS CHARLTON (T-AKR 314) Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ship USNS Charlton is one of Military Sealift Command’s nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 31 ships in Military Sealift Command’s Prepositioning Program.

USNS CHARLTON (T-AKR 314) Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ship USNS Charlton is one of Military Sealift Command’s nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 31 ships in Military Sealift Command’s Prepositioning Program. Length: 950 feet Beam: 106 feet Draft: 34 feet Displacement: 62,644 long tons Speed: 24.0 knots Civilian: 30 contract mariners Military:Continue reading “USNS CHARLTON (T-AKR 314) Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ship USNS Charlton is one of Military Sealift Command’s nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 31 ships in Military Sealift Command’s Prepositioning Program.”

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Towada-class replenishment ship JS Hamana (AOE 424) and French Floreal-class light frigate FNS Prairial (F731).

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 19, 2021) (Photo courtesy of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)

USS Topeka (CL 67) Underway, circa early 1945.