09 January 2026 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Cesar Chavez This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE 14). The ship’s crew rescued three fishermen in distress aboard a fishing vessel while transiting the South China Sea.Upon spotting the distressed vessel, watch standers...
18 December 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Salvor Congratulations to this week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52). The safeguard-class rescue and salvage ship assisted the U.S. Coast Guard, Port of Guam, and Commander, Task Group 73.6/Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 in a dive and salvage mission in Guam,...
03 December 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Point Loma Congratulations to this week’s Ship in the Spotlight USNS Point Loma (T-EPF 15).The U.S. Navy’s newest expeditionary fast transport vessel arrived Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story, (JEBLC-FS) in Virginia for the very first time on Oct. 24, 2025. Point Loma is named after the San...
19 November 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS William McLean Congratulations to this week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight, USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12). McLean recently returned stateside after a successful five-and-a-half month deployment serving the U.S. Sixth Fleet and the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group.During the 169-day...
18 September 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS GySgt Fred W. Stockham This week's Ship in the Spotlight is USNS GySgt Fred W. Stockham (T-AK 3017), which will be retired from naval service following 28 years of service to the United States of America.Named in honor of World War I veteran and Medal of Honor recipient GySgt Fred W. Stockham, USMC, the vessel was tasked...
10 September 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: MV Cape Hudson This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is the Military Sealift Command chartered Motor Vessel (MV) Cape Hudson. MV Cape Hudson recently supported exercise Super Garuda Shield 2025, a joint multinational exercise featuring joint and combined training across multiple domains,...
03 September 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Guadalupe This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is fleet replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200), which recently returned to San Diego following a deployment to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth and Seventh Fleet’s areas of operation.While on deployment, USNS Guadalupe provided logistics...
27 August 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS 1st LT Baldomero Lopez This week we are spotlighting USNS 1st LT Baldomero Lopez (T-AK 3010) for nearly 40 years of exemplary service to Military Sealift Command. USNS 1st LT Baldomero Lopez (T-AK 3010) is retiring from naval service. Named in honor of Korean War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient 1st LT Baldomero...
20 August 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Bowditch This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is USNS Bowditch (T-AGS 62). The Pathfinder class oceanographic survey ship’s latest port stop marked the first visit to India by a U.S. Navy Special Mission vessel in two decades. The visit highlights a continued U.S. commitment to...
15 August 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) ship USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams (T-AK 3009). USNS PFC Dewayne T. Williams recently supported multiple exercises, including Native Fury in Saudi Arabia and Balikatan in the Philippines.
05 August 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: MT Overseas Mykonos This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is contracted Motor Tanker Overseas Mykonos. MT Overseas Mykonos recently conducted a Consolidated Replenishment at Sea (CONSOL) with the USS George Washington in the 7th Fleet Area of Operations. MT Overseas Mykonos recently returned to...
29 July 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USS Mount Whitney This week’s Ship in the Spotlight is the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20). USS Mount Whitney recently returned to its homeport of Gaeta, Italy, after operating in the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Baltic Sea. During the ship’s underway, it conducted port...
22 July 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: Ocean Freedom This week's Military Sealift Command Ship in the Spotlight is MSC's chartered multi-purpose dry cargo ship Ocean Freedom. It arrived at Naval Station Norfolk on July 14, and immediately began loading for the annual Operation Pacer Goose resupply mission to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. Operation...
10 July 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Sojourner Truth This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is MSC’s newest fleet replenishment oiler USNS Sojourner Truth (T-AO 210). Sojourner Truth was christened during a ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, Calif., April 26, 2025. The 746-foot Truth is the sixth...
24 June 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: MT Badlands Trader This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is MT Badlands Trader (T-AOT 5582). The chartered tanker conducted successful Consolidated Replenishment at Sea (CONSOL) operations with USS George Washington (CVN 73) last month delivering more than 20,000 barrels of JP5 fuel at a rate...
16 June 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Laramie Congratulations to this week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” USNS Laramie (T-AO 203). Since the fleet replenishment oiler’s arrival in the European theater of operations, Laramie has conducted more than 40 replenishments, cargo and passenger transfer operations in direct support...
09 June 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Supply This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6). #ICYMI, Supply was recently named the 2024 Military Sealift Command Maritime “E” Award winner, an annual top honor presented to U.S. Navy ships and Civil Service Mariners who...
02 June 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Robert F. Kennedy This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is the MSC fleet replenishment oiler USNS Robert F. Kennedy. The ship recently completed extensive maintenance including a hydro cleaning of all MARPOL valves and JP5 aviation fuel and DFM ship fuel piping cargo pumps as well as...
27 May 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS Richard E. Byrd This week’s Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” is USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4). The dry cargo and ammunition ship scored exceptionally well on its Ship Material Assessment and Readiness Test (SMART) Inspection. SMART inspections are intended to provide an accurate assessment of the...
19 May 2025 Ship in the Spotlight: USNS William McLean Congratulations to this week's Military Sealift Command “Ship in the Spotlight,” USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12). McLean recently participated alongside ships from 10 Allied nations in At Sea Demonstration (ASD)/Formidable Shield 25, led by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet and...