The following is the text of a news release from the U.S. Maritime Administration:
(WASHINGTON) — The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has launched a virtual tour on its website of the GTS Adm. W.M. Callaghan, a MarAd Ready Reserve Force vessel currently berthed in Alameda, Calif.
The online 360-degree photographic tour gives viewers the experience of walking around the vessel’s bridge, engine room and surrounding spaces and provides a window into our nation’s maritime heritage. Launched in 1967, Adm. W.M. Callaghan is the first all gas-turbine-powered vessel with a roll-on/roll-off capability constructed for the U.S. Navy.
The virtual tour can be viewed by clicking here.