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ss "GREEN VALLEY" TAK 2049
equiped with a container crane and LASH-barge crane
the ship carries
containers,
LASH barges,
aft, two tugboats for barge handling
Combat Prepositioning Force, or CPF, ships provide quick-response delivery of US Army equipment for ground troops.
The TAK 2049 ss "Green Valley" and her sister ships are barge-carrying LASH, or lighter aboard ship, vessel capable of carrying both barges and containers.
These ships carry ammunition barges that are off-loaded by the ship's crane and pushed pierside by small tugs that are part of the LASH ship's deck equipment.
Each is capable of carrying up to 88 cargo barges (lighters), but may carry less to make room for containers and pusher boats.
Each lighter weighs between 82 and 86 long tons and may discharge either pierside or in stream.
LASH vessels have two gantry-style cranes: one 30-long-ton crane (forward) for moving containers and one 465.18-long-ton gantry for moving lighters.
This second gantry can move nearly the length of the ship (except for holds one and two) to discharge pusher boats, lighters, and hatch covers.
In addition to the gantry cranes, LASH vessels have a 3-long-ton general cargo crane to help load the ship's stores.
ss "Green Valley" carries U.S. Army ammunition and is capable of independent, self-sustaining operations.
Due to its self-sustaining capabilities, ss "Green Valley" is particularly conducive to loading and unloading operations where port restrictions preclude the ship from tying up at a pier.
The ship are prepositioned in Diego Garcia.
Berthing, messing and sanitary facilities are limited.
Ship's support needs to be agreed prior to operations.
Portable toilets, meals from ashore and crew shift from ashore may be required.
The Army Materiel Command's Operations Support Command changed the way it stores ammunition for Army pre-positioned stocks (APS)-afloat.
In the past, three lighterage aboard ship (LASH) vessels carried ammunition in a breakbulk barge configuration.
Now, two modern containerships carry ammunition in strategic configured loads that contain all the munitions needed by a deployed team, platoon, or company.
Loads will support various armor, artillery, and aviation combat platforms. The break bulk ammunition (barge configuration) carried on three lighter aboard ship (LASH) vessels was converted to containerized strategic configured loads placed on two modern container ships.
The climate controlled container ships are faster, have more capacity, and use standard containers, International Standards Organization (ISO) containers and M1 flatracks, to speed deployment times.
Most strategic configured loads contain all the munitions needed for a deployed team, platoon, or company - this reduces the number of support personnel needed in the area of operation. The loads support various armor, artillery, and aviation combat platforms.
info: GlobalSecurity.org
ss "GREEN VALLEY" TAK 2049
equiped with a container crane and LASH-barge crane
the ship carries
containers,
LASH barges,
aft, two tugboats for barge handling
Combat Prepositioning Force, or CPF, ships provide quick-response delivery of US Army equipment for ground troops.
The TAK 2049 ss "Green Valley" and her sister ships are barge-carrying LASH, or lighter aboard ship, vessel capable of carrying both barges and containers.
These ships carry ammunition barges that are off-loaded by the ship's crane and pushed pierside by small tugs that are part of the LASH ship's deck equipment.
Each is capable of carrying up to 88 cargo barges (lighters), but may carry less to make room for containers and pusher boats.
Each lighter weighs between 82 and 86 long tons and may discharge either pierside or in stream.
LASH vessels have two gantry-style cranes: one 30-long-ton crane (forward) for moving containers and one 465.18-long-ton gantry for moving lighters.
This second gantry can move nearly the length of the ship (except for holds one and two) to discharge pusher boats, lighters, and hatch covers.
In addition to the gantry cranes, LASH vessels have a 3-long-ton general cargo crane to help load the ship's stores.
ss "Green Valley" carries U.S. Army ammunition and is capable of independent, self-sustaining operations.
Due to its self-sustaining capabilities, ss "Green Valley" is particularly conducive to loading and unloading operations where port restrictions preclude the ship from tying up at a pier.
The ship are prepositioned in Diego Garcia.
Berthing, messing and sanitary facilities are limited.
Ship's support needs to be agreed prior to operations.
Portable toilets, meals from ashore and crew shift from ashore may be required.
The Army Materiel Command's Operations Support Command changed the way it stores ammunition for Army pre-positioned stocks (APS)-afloat.
In the past, three lighterage aboard ship (LASH) vessels carried ammunition in a breakbulk barge configuration.
Now, two modern containerships carry ammunition in strategic configured loads that contain all the munitions needed by a deployed team, platoon, or company.
Loads will support various armor, artillery, and aviation combat platforms. The break bulk ammunition (barge configuration) carried on three lighter aboard ship (LASH) vessels was converted to containerized strategic configured loads placed on two modern container ships.
The climate controlled container ships are faster, have more capacity, and use standard containers, International Standards Organization (ISO) containers and M1 flatracks, to speed deployment times.
Most strategic configured loads contain all the munitions needed for a deployed team, platoon, or company - this reduces the number of support personnel needed in the area of operation. The loads support various armor, artillery, and aviation combat platforms.
info: GlobalSecurity.org