Unmanned 'Ghost Ship' makes record breaking run through the Panama Canal

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/pen...-to-california

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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

Jimbuna · 11-13-20, 02:01 PM

LOL

11-12-20, 01:54 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,866 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Only potential drawback I can think of would be the susceptibility to electronic countermeasures. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-13-20, 01:49 PM	#3
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	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 __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

11-13-20, 02:01 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,866 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	LOL __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!