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First Navy MSC Ship Conducts Maintenance In India

Thursday, August 18th, 2022

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First Navy MSC Ship Conducts Maintenance In India

The Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) moors pierside in L&T Shipyard in Kattupalli, near Chennai, India on Aug. 7, 2022 for scheduled maintenance. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Joel Garcia)

The Navy’s first Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship completed maintenance work at a shipyard in India this month, after both governments said they would consider this cooperation in April. MSC’s Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) conducted maintenance work at the Larsen & Toubro Ltd. shipyard in Kattupalli near Chennai, India from Aug. 7-17, the Navy said on Wednesday. This is the initial result of the U.S. and Indian governments reviewing having Indian shipyards conduct…

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