I guess I don't understand why that is any of the coast guard's business, whether they think that ship had any commercial use or not. Do they think the Texas A&M University is going to hand the ship over to Al-Qaeda?

It's not a warship, and as I recall the ship above atleast was diesel powered, being possibly the only viable one in the NDRF that is. I love steam plants, and while the Cape Gibson has one, the rest of the world hasn't predominantly used them in generations, nor does our merchant marine today.

They shoud rip out the diesel plant out of the Eagle and have the Coast Guard Academy cadets uselessly learn steam too!

Hello Captain Ted,

This must be one of a series of three Combat Stores Ships purchased from the English Navy. According to the informations on “Navsource.org” this can only be T-AFS-8 SIRIUS (former A-339 LYNESS).
Sister vessels T-AFS-9 SPICA (ex A-345 TARBATNESS) shall be used as target for fleet exercises while T-AFS-10 SATURN (ex A-344 STROMNESS) is reported to be laid up in Philadelphia.
But I wonder about the unusual funnel colour...

Kind regards,
Holger