[CPEO-MEF] CHEMWEAPONS: "Cape Ray Conducts Final Sea Trials for Syria Mission"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cape Ray Conducts Final Sea Trials for Syria Mission

By Claudette Roulo

American Forces Press Service
January 13, 2014

WASHINGTON  - The Military Sealift Command container ship MV Cape Ray  
left Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 10, to conduct its final sea trials in  
preparation for its upcoming mission to destroy Syrian chemical  
weapons, Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said today.

During the sea trials, the crew and the Field-Deployable Hydrolysis  
System operators are evaluating the ship and the system at various  
sea states, Warren said.

"The crew conducted several training drills and assessed all systems  
aboard," he said.

The ship is expected to return tomorrow for final outfitting before  
deploying to an as-yet undisclosed location in the Mediterranean Sea  
sometime late this week or early next week, Warren said.


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For the entire release, see
http://www.defense.gov/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=121471

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