Recently that_person submitted a FOIA request regarding a program to re-engine the Algol class FSS. These files are attached below, alongside an accompanying explanatory piece.
SeaLand Services, a now defunct American shipping line (RIP), constructed the eight 33-knot SL7-class container ships...
1970s
1980s
1990s
algol-class vehicle cargo ships
cold war
fast sealift ship
maritime administration
militarysealiftcommand
museum ship
post-cold war
ready reserve fleet
sea-land
sealift
united states
united states navy
This thing looks like a modern re-interpretation of the WWII Mulberry Harbor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbour
In this case, the harbor can go wherever you go and doesn't tie you to a politically undesirable piece of land or force you to defend your supplies (from hungry mobs)...
2010s
2020s
cold war ii
d-day
militarysealiftcommand
people's liberation army
people's liberation army navy
post-cold war
u.s. navy
united states navy
world war ii
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