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Navy Demonstrates Open Ocean TRAM VLS Re-Arming

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Navy Demonstrates Open Ocean TRAM VLS Re-Arming
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG-65) steams alongside the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11) during an at-sea demonstration of the Transferrable Reload At-sea Method (TRAM) to reload an Mk 41 Vertical Launching System while underway off the coast of San Diego, Calif. on Oct. 11, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Charlotte Dudenhoeffer)

The Navy successfully demonstrated the first open ocean re-arming of a Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) with an underway warship, in a major step to field the new system within two to three years.  The test occurred off the coast of San Diego on Oct. 11, with sailors on the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Chosin (CG-65) using a Transferrable Reload At-sea Method (TRAM) hydraulically powered device to load an empty missile canister into the ship’s Mk 41 VLS. “Today, we…

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