Originally built as high-speed containerships for Sea-Land as the Sea-Land Resource and Sea-Land Galloway respectively, these ships could make 33 knots. Unfortunately, they appeared during the early 1970s, just as fuel prices rose exponentially. Sea-Land subsequently sold them to the U.S. Navy, which had them converted into high-speed RO-RO cargo ships. They proved their worth during the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq Invasion.

Out of curiosity: does ROS-10 mean that they also engine room crews on standby, who know how to work this 1970 technology?

Great photos, thanks for sharing.

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Rico