USNS John Ericsson
I thought this photo looked an awful lot like an oil painting. The picture was taken in stormy conditions in the South China Sea, part of the same exercise as yesterday's photo. John Ericsson designed the ironclad USS Monitor. Why is one ship designated USS and another USNS? USS ships are commisioned and crewed by the Navy. USNS are typically supply ships are crewed by civilians.
That's an amazing image!
ReplyDeleteMy dad had a friend who commanded a USNS freighter which supposedly had on board roughly 20% of the USMC rapid-deployment armor.
There were stationed at anchor at Diego Garcia, in the 120 degree heat.
Mind-numbing duty.