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Article: USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3) Arabian Gulf deployment.(Brief Article)
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- Navy Supply Corps Newsletter
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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The USNS Niagara Falls is well known throughout the 5th and 7th Fleet for her exceptional logistic support and customer service. Therefore, it's not surprising the Niagara Falls was chosen to fill a one-month gap in combat logistics force supply support for the 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
The Niagara Falls was tasked with "fueling and feeding" the fight during July 2004. Typically, ships are given months to prepare for a deployment to the Gulf. However, on June 15 the Niagara Falls was informed she would be getting underway in 20 hours and in just two weeks would be in-chopping to the 5th Fleet. Hundreds of pallets had to be loaded, messages prepared, ...
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