fossil_digger
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Date: July 14, 2006 12:58AM
we did a drive by on this one. we didn't know this place existed and didn't stop to ask anyone WTF an aggie needs with a ship at an oceanography college.
we thought it was quite funny though.
fossil_digger
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Date: July 14, 2006 01:00AM
anyone know what kinda ship this is? none of us could be sure.
must be some sort of carrier support ship? or maybe a supply ship?
shaDEz
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Date: July 14, 2006 02:43AM
yall did a drive by on this? i don't see any bullet holes...
not sure myself, my guess would be just as your's 'some sort of carrier support ship...'
fossil_digger
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Date: July 14, 2006 03:13AM
AK's bullets just bounced off. damn thick ass steel hull..:~}
Anonymous
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Date: July 14, 2006 12:20PM
AOE
Nigel_Knowitall
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Date: July 14, 2006 12:27PM
Texas A&M University at Galveston training ship. The USNS Sirius was recently decommissioned as one of three combat stores ships that traveled all over the world for the U.S. Navy to replenish the supplies of other ships. The ship was originally built in Great Britain as a Royal Navy replenishment ship and was acquired by the U.S. Navy in the late 1970s. The ship has a top speed of 18 knots and displaces about 16,800 tons.
BlahX3
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Date: July 14, 2006 03:34PM
As anon229177 said it's a AOE, fast combat support ship, aka "oiler". Delivers fuel and supplies to carriers groups at sea. An UnRep (Underway Replenishment) is quite a thing to see.
fossil_digger
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Date: July 14, 2006 07:33PM
thanks gentlemen. that's what we thought.
