Whatever Floats Your Tank: the USN’s Improved Navy Lighterage System
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Lighterage is about loading or unloading ships using lighters (barges) that can form a sort of ad-hoc ramp or shuttle from ships at anchor; they are often used when a port’s dockside is too shallow for the ship, or dockside berths are unavailable. These modules greatly expand landing options for well-equipped militaries, and may be versatile enough to be used in sea-based transfers as well; yet lighterage is one of those quiet enablers that rarely receives the attention it merits.
Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, WI has won a firm-fixed-price contract (N00025-03-C-0002) for the manufacture of the new Improved Navy Lighterage System, including both powered and non-powered modules. The total contract could rise to $404.8 million if all options are exercised. The systems will be delivered at Naval Amphibious Construction Battalion One in Coronado, CA; Naval Amphibious Construction Battalion Two in Little Creek, Norfolk, VA; the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific; and Blount Island Command in Jacksonville, FL.
DID has the contract series, and an INLS photo, below…
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