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ASW – Anti-Submarine Warfare. ASWO – Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer. AT – Annual Training (U.S. Navy Reserve, type of active duty orders, typically less than 30 days) AT – Aviation Electronics Technician [1] ATS – Auxiliary, Towing and Salvage, class/type of ship. AUTEC – Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center.
MV C Champion, a submarine and special warfare support vessel. Ready Reserve Force ships. SS Wright (T-AVB-3), an aviation logistics support ship, the lead ship of her class. SS Pollux (T-AKR-290), a Algol -class vehicle cargo ship. SS Cape Isabel (T-AKR-5062), a Cape I -class vehicle cargo ship.
Military Sealift Command's Prepositioning Program is an element in the US's triad of power projection into the 21st century—sea shield, sea strike and sea basing. As a key element of sea basing, afloat prepositioning provides the military equipment and supplies for a contingency forward deployed in key ocean areas before need.
The organization of the Navy has changed incrementally over time. During World War II administrative organization for many ship types included divisions, for example Battleship Divisions (abbreviated BatDivs), Cruiser Divisions, Destroyer Divisions, or Escort Divisions (CortDivs, also rendered ComCortDiv for Commander, Escort Division), usually composed of two ships, often members of the same ...
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (NS Mayport, FL) U.S. Fleet Cyber Command (Fort George G. Meade, MD) Naval Special Warfare Command (NAB Coronado, CA) Naval Network Warfare Command. Naval Reserve Force (NSA Hampton Roads, VA) Operational Test and Evaluation Force. Disbandments.
National Emergency Command Post Afloat. Northampton underway in 1959. The National Emergency Command Post Afloat ( NECPA) was part of the United States government's Continuity of Operations plans during the 1960s. It was one-third of a triad composed of airborne, ground, and sea-based assets. [1]
Afloat forward staging base variant [5] USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3), (formerly USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB-3), and (T-MLP-3/T-AFSB-1) prior to that) [17] [18] is the first purpose-built expeditionary mobile base vessel (previously classified as a mobile landing platform, and then as an afloat forward staging base) for the United States Navy ...
Yard and district craft. v. t. e. List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the United States Navy during the history of that service. The US Navy maintains its official list of ships past and present at the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), [1] although it does not include early vessels.