Joint High Speed Vessels require bow-structure reinforcements

By Justin Doubleday / November 25, 2015 at 12:34 PM
Military Sealift Command is paying to reinforce the bow structures in its Joint High Speed Vessels after one of the ships was damaged during an underway period last year. The damage to the bow structure was first discovered on the Spearhead (JHSV-1) in September 2014 when it was operating in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, according to MSC spokesman Nathan Potter. The command subsequently took action to reinforce the Spearhead and the other three JHSVs that had been...

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