Algol-class vehicle cargo ship

Although in reality both are laid up due to their high operating costs and less than green credentials in terms of fuel burned in transporting one unit of cargo per nautical miles traveled.The conversion entailed the installation of four cranes, addition of roll on/roll off capability and a redesign of the cargo hold to better facilitate storage of vehicles.Shortly thereafter the agency began announcing the planned deactivation and scrap sale dates for select vessels as they phase out of active reserve service.From GlobalSecurity.org:[3] Unfortunately, one FSS, the Antares, failed off the East coast of the United States with a considerable amount of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) equipment and 100 soldiers aboard.Some of the cargo was airlifted to Saudi Arabia but most had to be unloaded and reloaded by the soldiers and Seabees aboard the FSS USNS Altaire returning from her initial voyage.
Cranes aboard the vehicle cargo ship USNS ALTAIR (T-AKR 291) lower equipment to an LACV-30 air cushion vehicle during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE 86
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