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Navy Ship Slated to Help Build Gaza Aid Pier Forced to Return to Port as Experts Warn of Other Delay

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Timber Rattler:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/04/17/navy-ship-slated-help-build-gaza-aid-pier-forced-return-port-experts-warn-of-other-delays.html


--- Quote ---The Navy revealed that one of the ships it deployed to support the mission of building a pier to deliver aid to starving residents in Gaza was forced to turn back last week after it suffered a fire in its engine room.

The incident comes as the Pentagon's self-imposed deadline of having the pier operational and delivering the needed aid by May rapidly approaches, and experts say there are other delays and problems cropping up with the mission.

The USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo "experienced a fire in the engine room while in transit to the eastern Mediterranean Sea" on April 11, and while the crew evacuated the area and used portable extinguishers to put out the fire, the ship had to return to Jacksonville, Florida, using just one engine, "for further assessment," according to a Navy statement provided Wednesday.
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rustynail:
Wait, there's more!

USS Boxer, Amphibious Assault Ship Carrying Hundreds of Marines, Forced to Return to Port for Repairs Two Weeks After Deploying

https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/uss-boxer-amphibious-assault-ship-carrying-hundreds-of-marines-forced-to-return-to-port-two-weeks-after-deploying/

Timber Rattler:
That's the third time for the Boxer over the past year.  Lots of problems aboard that ship too.

Smokin Joe:
Makes me wonder how many parts were made in China.

Wingnut:

--- Quote from: Timber Rattler on April 18, 2024, 01:24:26 pm ---That's the third time for the Boxer over the past year.  Lots of problems aboard that ship too.

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If Boing built ships....

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