Did you you know that, at one time, the army had the 3rd largest navy in the world? I saw it first hand in Vietnam (and wrote 2 short stories about it) and am surprised that it’s still around. And they’re skippered by NCOs with special Occupational Specialties.
USAV SSGT Robert T. Kuroda, one of the eight General Frank S. Besson-class Logistics Support Vessels, or LSVs,
The decision to sell off Kuroda, one of the two youngest and most capable LSVs, only further calls into question what kind of watercraft capabilities, if any, the service is truly interested in retaining. GSA's announcement that it could auction a second LSV might point to the Army planning to get rid of Smalls, as well.
A banner advertisement on GSA's auction website also says that it expects to sell 18 LCU-2000 and up to 36 LCM-8 landing craft, along with 20 tugs and a pair of floating crane barges, between now and the end of next year. The divestment of the LCM-8s makes some sense, given the Army awarded a contract worth nearly $1 billion in 2017 to buy all new Maneuver Support Vessels (Light), or MSV(L)s, to replace these Vietnam War-era landing craft.
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