Posted on Aug 17, 2017
U.S. Navy Turns Civilian-Operated USNS Lewis B. Puller Into Commissioned Warship – gCaptain
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Well that's something you don't see every day, but a USS ship with a Civilian Master and Navy Captain? How the hell is that gonna work?! USNS ships already have mixed crews, but USS ships never have.
U.S. Navy Turns Civilian-Operated USNS Lewis B. Puller Into Commissioned Warship – gCaptain
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Aint that one hell of a note!! I sure hope they put some sizable fire power on board just in case and not a bunch of M-60's We need to drop on board a few recoiless rifles, 50 cal, and something a few Gunners mates can have fun with maybe at least a 3" bore.
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I would suggest that President Trump consider arming ships of the merchant marine to build up the Navy but we don't have much of a merchant marine any more, do we?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_merchantman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_merchantman
An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy and privateers, many merchantmen would be routinely armed, especially those engaging in long distance and high value trade.
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SN Greg Wright
No...no we do not. And now they're talking about repealing the Jones act, and that'll be that for American civilian hulls.
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