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| Army officer: prioritize new transport ships | |
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| Vermonter | Jul 19 2008, 04:17 AM Post #21 |
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| flipzi | Jul 19 2008, 05:24 PM Post #22 |
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We appreciate that a lot.
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| Vermonter | Jul 19 2008, 09:54 PM Post #23 |
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The Philippine military can also contract commercial firms for sea transport like we do here in the US...... unless there are secret Philippine military vehicles and equipment on that LST that the rest of the world do not know of?
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| pachador | Jul 31 2008, 03:20 AM Post #24 |
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The PN already does this when there are not enough PN transports to go around... |
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| kingkong | Apr 28 2009, 11:09 AM Post #25 |
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BRP Kalinga ApayaoName: BRP Kalinga Apayao (LT-516) Acquired: 1973 Fate: Active in service as of 2009[update] General characteristics Class and type: LST-542-class tank landing ship Displacement: 1,625 long tons (1,651 t) light 4,080 long tons (4,145 t) full Length: 328 ft (100 m) Beam: 50 ft (15 m) Draft: Unloaded : 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) forward 7 ft 6 in (2.3 m) aft Loaded : 8 ft 2 in (2.5 m) forward 14 ft 1 in (4.3 m) aft Propulsion: 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Boats and landing craft carried: 2 LCVPs Troops: 16 officers, 147 enlisted men Complement: 7 officers, 104 enlisted men Armament: • 1 × single 3"/50 caliber gun mount • 8 × 40 mm guns • 12 × 20 mm guns |
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| kingkong | Apr 28 2009, 11:16 AM Post #26 |
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USS Bagaduce (AT-21/ATO-21) was the lead ship of her class of fleet tugs for the United States Navy. She was the first ship of the U.S. Navy of that name, and is named for the Bagaduce River and a peninsula in Hancock County, Maine. Bagaduce (Tug No. 21) was laid down on 16 July 1918 at Buffalo, New York, by the Ferguson Steel and Iron Company; briefly named Ammonoosuc in February 1919; renamed Bagaduce on 24 February 1919; launched 5 April 1919; and commissioned at Buffalo on 18 September 1919, Lt.(jg.) Frank Mogridge in command. ATO-21
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