Military Sealift Command – Professional Mariner

19 Apr

MSC ship bound for Gaza returns home after engine room fire

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(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. Navy ship on its way to the Gaza Strip with parts for a temporary pier for humanitarian relief returned home after experiencing a fire, the Navy said Wednesday. USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo (T-AK-3008) experienced a fire in its engine room on April 11 while it was on its way to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea…

MSC ship towed to Mobile after engine room fire

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(MOBILE, Ala.) — A fire broke out Thursday in the engine room of USNS Sgt. William R. Button (T-AK-3012), leaving it stranded off the coast of Dauphin Island in the Gulf of Mexico. Sgt. William R. Button is a Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship. It was conducting routine operations at the time of the fire, MSC spokesman Thomas Van Leunen…

Vigor Marine, Detyens win contracts for T-AO work

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(WASHINGTON) — Vigor Marine of Portland, Ore., and Detyens Shipyards of North Charleston, S.C., have each been awarded contracts by Military Sealift Command (MSC) for work on U.S. fleet replenishment oilers (T-AOs). Vigor Marine was awarded a $24,215,951 firm-fixed-price contract for work on USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187). The contract includes a base period and five options that, if…