Fast boat … - Brief Article

Translog: Journal of Military Transportation Management, July-August, 2001

The Mk V special operations craft is so large, it dwarfs the trailer on which it is carried. The Military Traffic Management Command moved a pair of the vessels from Norfolk, Va., to Bremerhaven, Germany, on the maiden voyage of the Tamesis, of the Wallenius Lines. The 119,000-pound boats are among the fastest in the Navy.

They were unloaded Feb. 11 in Bremerhaven by the 950th Transportation Co. This was the second time in four years that Special Boat Unit 20 has used Bremerhaven as an overseas deployment base. The vessels, along with 12 support vehicles, are normally based at Little Creek Amphibious Base. Va.