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Ghost Fleet Ship ‘Nomad’ Transited Panama Canal, Headed to California
May 20, 2021 12:03 PM
Ghost Fleet vessel Nomad transits the Miraflores locks in the PAnama Canal on May 18, 2021. USNI News Graphic
An experimental unmanned surface vehicle has transited the Panama Canal on the way to its new home in California, USNI News has learned.
Nomad, a former offshore patrol vessel retrofitted with systems to allow the ship to operate autonomously, passed through the Panama Canal this week, according to ship spotters tracking data from
Marine Traffic.com. A Navy official also confirmed the transit.
Web cameras at the canal’s Miraflores locks showed
9 In April 2020, the Naval Hospital Jacksonville deployed a special diagnostic unit to the guided missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG-100), then in the throes of a shipboard outbreak. The team comprised of two medical officers and five corpsmen was referred to as the “Rapid Response Team,” and for good reason. Within a mere three hours this team was both conceived, assembled and deployed on a mission to conduct COVID-19 diagnostic testing at sea. To date it is the only deployment of this type of platform in the history of the Navy.
A Call to Assistance:
On the morning of April 23, 2020, Comdr. Michael Kaplan was starting his day as the Director of Medical Services at Naval Hospital Jacksonville when his commanding officer, Capt. Matthew Case, alerted him of an outbreak aboard USS Kidd, then conducting counter-narcotic operations with the 4th Fleet.
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Sailor Admits to Hanging Noose by Black Crewmate s Rack on Navy Cruiser
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) sits anchored off the southern coast of California. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy M. Black)
3 Feb 2021
A sailor has admitted to hanging a noose near a fellow crew member s bunk aboard a Navy cruiser, and has since been removed from the ship, according to a service official.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service received an anonymous tip that a noose was found on the guided-missile cruiser Lake Champlain, prompting a federal investigation. The suspect s social media presence has so far not indicated a history of racist posts, the official familiar with the incident said.