AGS Dry Cargo Deck Barge

General
- Vessel Name : AGS
- Operator : CARGO CARRIERS
- Ships Type (ICST) : Dry Cargo Deck Barge
- Vessel Type : Flat / Deck Barge
- Construction : Steel
Engine
Location
- City : MINNEAPO- LIS
- STATE : MN
Capacity
- Net Tonnage : 764
- Full Load Capacity : 1554 Short ton
Size
- Register length : 200 Feet
- Regular Breadth : 35 Feet
- Overall Length : 200 Feet
- Overall Breadt : 35 Feet
- Load draft : 13 Feet
- Light Draft : 1.5 Feet
Other
- Year : 2002
- EQUIP1 : NONE
- Coast Guard Number : 1122859

CARGO CARRIERS

Area of Operation : MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM
Principal Commodity : COAL, GRAIN, SALT AND MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES

CC

Type : Covered Dry Cargo Barge
Construction : Steel

PATHFINDER I

Type : Tugboat
Construction : Steel

SHOW-ME-STATE

Type : Tugboat
Construction : Steel

Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck: MSC Needs More Mariners, New Ships

Founded as the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and renamed Military Sealift Command in 1970, MSC today not only support the Navy, but we are the Department of Defense's provider of all sealift. Maritime Reporter & Engineering News recently interviewed Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, U.S. Navy, for insights on the service today and it’s needs to grow in the future.

The Need for [U.S. Navy Shipbuilding] Speed

The Navy wants, and needs, more ships; but it can’t build them fast enough.While the U.S. Navy aims to achieve a 355-ship fleet, it is decommissioning older (and some not so old) ships at about the same rate it's adding new ones.A Congressional Research Service report stated that, as of April 17, 2023, the Navy included 296 battle force ships.