Usns Carson City returns to Cagliari, the colossus of the American Navy that stops in the city every year, in conjunction with the exercises in the various shooting ranges of Sardinia.

The port authority of Sardinia has issued an ordinance that frees the western side of the Ichnusa pier from 17 to 21 March. Subsequently the ship could point towards the sea of Teulada or in other mission theaters.

Carson City will not go unnoticed. Its characteristics: tonnage of 1515 tons, length of 103 meters, width of 28.5 meters, draft of 3.83 meters. It has an anomalous shape: a metal catamaran.

Its function is to transport troops and equipment, with a helipad sufficient for a Sikorsky CH-53 Super Stallion heavy transport helicopter. The crew consists of 41 civilian sailors.

(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)

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