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Gladding-Hearn completes pilot launch refit
The Tampa Bay Pilots Association has taken delivery of Tampa, a Chesapeake Class pilot boat originally built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding in 2003, after an extensive refit at the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. The boat was ordered when Gladding-Hearn first introduced the Chesapeake class of mid-size, high-speed launches. In 2015, the Tampa pilots also took delivery…
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Austal USA delivers autonomous-capable EPF
Following delivery by Austal USA yesterday, Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13) is now the largest surface ship in the U.S. Navy fleet with autonomous capability. “The delivery of EPF 13 comes after several successful at-sea periods for the vessel, including Unmanned Logistics Prototype Trials to assess autonomous capabilities integrated into the shipboard…
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