For Want of an Oiler: The Fragile State of America’s Afloat Logistics Fleet
December 2, 2024
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December 2, 2024
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano—a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner—discusses the grounding of the US Navy's Military Sealift Command oiler USNS Big Horn on September 23, 2024, and compares the state of US Navy afloat logistics to early in the Pacific War of 1942 when the Japanese sank the oiler USS Neches. Also, the first refueling of an American aircraft carrier at sea from a commercial tanker in decades.
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