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Originally Posted by Barnes
Is the Protecteur used a lot as an oiler or mostly used for dry goods/ammo resupply etc? Does it transfer standard shipping containers while underway? Can a leased cargo ship with a big crane do some of the things the Protecteur class currently does?
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I'm no expert on navy resupply, but its Oil food ammo and general resupply on one ship. I don't know if a cargo ship would be able to do it because of the multi-role aspect of supply ships, on top of that re-supply on the move is incredibly complex and specialized.
There was an exceptional mighty ships episode where they spent time on a U.S. Navy resupply ship and it was amazing.
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Originally Posted by Barnes
What other things happen aboard these ships? Are they fitted out to act as flagships with command and staff accommodations?
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I don't think I would be comfortable with using a resupply ship loaded down with huge amounts of fuel and ammo as a command and control ship. Canada was is dependent on the Tribal Class Destroyers as our Command and Control ship. The concept was to build task forces based around a Destroyer and multiple Halifax Class Frigates. But the Tribal Class Destroyers are at end of life, I believe there are only two left in service.
Part of the CSC ship building program is to build replacements to these destroyers.