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Mr Quatro
11-12-20, 11:40 AM
Wow! This is the future of the US Navy at least for supply ships

Pentagon ‘Ghost Fleet’ Ship Makes Record-Breaking Trip from Mobile to California

https://news.usni.org/2020/11/10/pentagon-ghost-fleet-ship-makes-record-breaking-trip-from-mobile-to-california


One of the Pentagon’s two Overlord large unmanned surface vessels conducted a first-ever Panama Canal transit, sailing thousands of miles from the Gulf Coast to California in a major test of autonomous systems with few reliability issues along the way, the chief of naval operations told USNI News.

The 59-meter USV, which was converted from a regular high-speed craft to a USV prototype last year, departed Mobile, Ala., on Sept. 18. After operating in the Gulf of Mexico for some time, it made a Panama Canal transit and arrived in Port Hueneme, Calif., on Nov. 5, according to data provided to USNI News from the MarineTraffic vessel tracking service.

Jimbuna
11-12-20, 01:54 PM
Only potential drawback I can think of would be the susceptibility to electronic countermeasures.

Mr Quatro
11-13-20, 01:49 PM
Use it to patrol the waters of NK or Iran with an SSN following to take quick actions against such maneuvers.

I think they call it Pogey bait :yep:

Jimbuna
11-13-20, 02:01 PM
LOL :haha: