VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

US to build versatile new training ships

8 years ago

US government funding has been authorised to begin the replacement of the country’s ageing fleet of state maritime academy training ships with a versatile new generation of national security multi-mission vessels (NSMV), writes David Tinsley

The US has implemented a programme for a new generation of cadet training ships that will serve also as disaster response vessels (image courtesy of Herbert Engineering)

US government funding has been authorised to begin the replacement of the country’s ageing fleet of state maritime academy training ships with a versatile new generation of national security multi-mission vessels (NSMV), writes David Tinsley