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Navy Solicits Offers

For Initial Design

Of New Sealift Vessels

Details about the kind of new military cargo vessel it wants for an enhanced sealift fleet were revealed by the Navy recently when it solic- ited offers for the initial design of two types of sealift ships.

The two designs being pursued, the Naval Sea Systems Command said, are a ship to lift vehicles and supplies from the U.S. to a war zone, and a so-called prepositioned ship, or depot vessel, stored with equip- ment and anchored in selected ar- eas of the world.

To be built to commercial stan- dards and specifications, the ships will have a maximum sustained speed of 24 knots, a range of 12,000 nautical miles, and lengths of 700 feet to 950 feet will be examined. In addition, they will be roll-on/roll-off ships that maximize the number of tanks, helicopters and other vehicles that can be carried. Cranes will also be installed.

A Navy press statement said the action marks the initial efforts for the acquisition of strategic sealift ships necessary to logistically sup- port overseas operations like Desert

Shield/Desert Storm.

The solicitation, according to a

Navy official, is only for the prelimi-

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Navy official said. A Pentagon mo- bility requirements study due in

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The Navy is seeking initial de- signs now, the official explained, because it wants to be in a position to exercise Congressional intent as soon as possible, and so that it can implement the requirements study quickly.

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