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Wardrive/The Drive: Photo Of The Pentagon's Shadowy Special Operations Mothership Emerges
The highly-modified ship hasn't been seen for three years, but we have uncovered a new photo of it and some details as to where it's been.
Nearly half a decade ago, U.S. Special Operations Command with the help of U.S. Military Sealift Command began the task of quietly turning a modern roll-on, roll-off cargo ship into a highly customized, mobile special operations mothership and sea base. In 2015, the ship that was once MV Cragside was well into its transformation at the BAE Systems shipyards in Mobile, Alabama. We were the first media outlet to post a picture of the extensive modifications being done to the already futuristic looking ship. You can read all about its highly unique capabilities here and see that photo posted below. Since then, nearly nothing has been heard or seen of the vessel. It has literally vanished, until now.
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WNU Editor: A very unassuming ship (from this angle).
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