USNS Vela (T-AK-89)

Vela (AK-89) was never commissioned and thus never bore the USS designation. The ship was transferred to the Army to become the Engineer Port Repair Ship Joe C. Specker shortly after launching. She was one of two such repair ships transferred to Navy in 1952 and served as the civilian crewed, unarmed USNS Vela (T-AK-89).

Construction

The ship was a Maritime Commission type N3-M-A1 cargo vessel hull (MC hull 652) and was assigned the name MV Charles A. Ranlett. Her construction was transferred to Navy supervision on 1 January 1943 and she was subsequently laid down as Vela (AK-89) on 5 June 1944 at Camden, New Jersey, by the Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship was launched on 15 January 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Elbert Bradford Ferguson.

Transfer to Army

Two days after launch, on 17 January 1945, the ship was transferred to the U.S. Army for conversion into the Engineer Port Repair Ship Joe C. Specker for operation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rehabilitating war damaged ports. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 8 February 1945. The Army named her for Medal of Honor recipient Joe C. Specker of the 48th Engineer Combat Battalion.

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United States Naval Ship

United States Naval Ship or USNS is the prefix designation given to non-commissioned ships that are property of the United States Navy.

Overview

United States Naval Ships are usually auxiliary support vessels owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by Military Sealift Command. They are crewed by civilian mariners rather than U.S. Navy personnel, although some ships include a small military complement to carry out communication and special mission functions, or for force protection. In comparison, U.S. Navy ships commissioned into service have the designation USS and are crewed by U.S. Navy personnel; commissioned and held in property by the United States Government. A few Navy ships have hybrid crews of both uniformed Navy personnel and civil service mariners; these ships are also designated USNS.

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United States Navy SEALs

The United States Navy's Sea, Air and Land Teams, commonly known as the Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's principal special operations force and a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command and United States Special Operations Command. One of the SEALs' primary functions is to conduct small-unit maritime military operations which originate from, and return to a river, ocean, swamp, delta, or coastline. SEALs can negotiate shallow water areas such as the Persian Gulf coastline, where large ships and submarines are limited due to depth. The Navy SEALs are trained to operate in all environments (Sea, Air, and Land) for which they are named. SEALs are also prepared to operate in a variety of climates, such as desert, arctic, and jungle.

All SEALs are male members of the United States Navy. The CIA's highly secretive Special Activities Division (SAD) and more specifically its elite Special Operations Group (SOG) recruits operators from the SEAL Teams. Joint Navy SEALs and CIA operations go back to the MACV-SOG during the Vietnam War. This cooperation still exists today and is seen in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Vela

Vela or Velas may refer to:

Astronomy

Vela (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky (the Sails)

Vela (Chinese astronomy)
Vela Pulsar
Vela X-1, a pulsing, eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary system

Vela (Chinese astronomy)

Vela Pulsar

Vela X-1, a pulsing, eclipsing high-mass X-ray binary system

Places

Vela Bluff, Antarctica

Vela, Dolj, Romania

Vela (Ilidža – Sarajevo), Bosnia and Herzegovina

Velas, Maharashtra, India

Ships

CMA CGM Vela, a container ship in service since 2008

USNS Vela (T-AK-89), US Army port repair ship

Vela-class submarine, of the Indian Navy

INS Vela (S40), in service 1973–2010

INS Vela (S40), in service 1973–2010

Technology

Project Vela, a system developed by the United States to monitor compliance with the Partial Test Ban Treaty

Vela (satellite), a series of satellites launched by the United States to monitor nuclear testing
- Vela Incident, an international incident, in which a Vela satellite is thought to possibly have observed a nuclear test

Vela (satellite), a series of satellites launched by the United States to monitor nuclear testing

Vela Incident, an international incident, in which a Vela satellite is thought to possibly have observed a nuclear test

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Vela (Chinese astronomy)

The modern constellation Vela lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the The Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què) and The Southern Asterisms (近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 船帆座 (chuán fān zuò), meaning "the sail constellation".