Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Another US Navy Ship in Port Canaveral, Florida


Good morning,

Here's another beautiful bright white US Navy ship in Port Canaveral, Florida.
I made a point this time to get a close up of the name to show our friend and reader, Mark D, that it really is a US Navy ship painted white.  Mark asked me about the color a few weeks ago when I posted other pictures of white navy ships. Perhaps things have changed since you were in the Navy, Mark?
What a lovely sight.

Waaaaay off in the distance on the left side of the above image is Cape Canaveral and NASA.

All the best,
Lois
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7 comments:

  1. TexWisGirlMay 21, 2013 at 9:48 AM

    it is pretty and clean looking.

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  2. PatMay 21, 2013 at 10:26 AM

    I will definitely show my husband this. He was in the Navy in the 60's. I'm sure the ships were gray back then!

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  3. PatMay 21, 2013 at 10:31 AM

    My husband looked this ship up. It doesn't go into battle. I wonder if that's why it's painted white or if the Navy has changed and painting all their ships white?

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  4. MarkD60May 21, 2013 at 11:03 AM

    It's a USNS, US Navy Ship, as opposed to a USS, United States Ship.
    USNS's aren't warships per se. They have civilians on board, and no major weapons. USS's are warships. We got fuel from some USNS's but that's about it.
    My first ship was USS Somers, a Guided Missile Destroyer, my second ship was the USS Brewton, a Fast Frigate.

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  5. MarkD60May 21, 2013 at 11:04 AM

    And all the USS's are haze grey, except submarines.

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  6. Lois EvensenMay 21, 2013 at 1:46 PM

    Thank you, Pat and Mark, for the clarification! :)

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  7. Yogi♪♪♪May 22, 2013 at 7:13 AM

    Apparently the ship is going to working for the airforce tracking missile launches and such by foreign governments. It will have a civillian crew. The radar the ship uses can " track an object the size of a baseball over San Francisco from a location in the Chesapeake Bay"

    http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2012/07/yes-air-force-has-navy/57144/

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