The Navy is commissioning the USNS Lewis B. Puller as a warship

>>34883562
THICC

>>34883562
As Salaam Alaikum

>>34883575
~80000 tons

>>34883562
She's an ugly fatass.

I'd fuck her.

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>>34883562
Damn girl......can i get some o' that
>gross tonnage
?

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>>34883562
Are we seeing the return of auxilliary ships?

>>34883807
78,000 long tons. So she'll be the largest warship in the USN aside from the Nimitz and Ford classes.

>>34883760
rood

>>34883813
Return? If US doesnt have auxiliaries then how do they keep supplied?

>>34883562
Could someone in the know explain the hull design? (Particularly the midsection with all the empty areas) Looks quite unusual and I'd enjoy knowing more (I'm a mech eng so feel free to get technical)

>>34884991
wikipedia says it uses cranes to lift small vessels into it and is gonna do minesweeping so probs that

>>34883562
Greetings, USS Long Dick Puller.

>>34884991
It's a converted oil tanker. It's primary job is is basically as a transfer site. Troops move to there from large vessels, then onto helicopters and landing craft. When it's not doing that it functions as a half-assed helicopter carrier.

>>34885110
>converted oil tanker
wrong. based on hull of alaska class oil tankers, but is purpose built.

>>34884958
I think he means 'in the navy' as opposed to being MSC ships.

>>34885197
I wonder if these ships can be mounted with anything. Alot of auxillary vessels have spots to mount Phalanx if they ever need them, I don't know if the ESBs can.

>>34885218
While they aren't armed currently they could easily be fitted with Sea RAM or Phalanx systems. They might even have ship self defense systems for them to tie into rather then run them independently.

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Launching mine countermeasures

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>>34883562
>she
Did you just assume that ship's gender?

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She/he/it Is a big ship.

So no defensive weapons?

Is the crew armed?

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>the President wants more ships but that costs money and we don't want to admit getting rid of the Perry was a mistake
>I got you senpai
>lets just commission the merchant marine lmao

>>34887900
As a USNS ship, yes. MSC have weapons enough for security. Marine and Navy personnel carried may also be armed, obviously special forces personnel are armed.

As a navy ship it will carry more weapons and the crew will be sailors trained in operating them, besides equipment carried to support special operations.

Of course, SLC ships also carry every non-strategic weapon in the US arsenal as cargo.

>>34885110

Kind of. It's built for low intensity conflict that has become the way of the world, where it can park off shore and provide a secure base to run special operations off of, rather then tying up a carrier or LHD.

>>34888025
Sealift command isn't merchant marine, they are already driven by US Navy employees and owned by the navy, other then chartered ships.

>>34885018
>>34885110
Awesome, thanks for the info

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She looks more useful than her sister ship the John Glenn!

Kek

Chinese ships are better. This looks like a half assed copy of that impressive Chinese ship that also looks like a container ship.