This U.S. Navy Ship That Was Made In The Soviet Union

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#DYK, the @MSCSealift USNS Lance Cpl. Roy M. Wheat is a Maritime Prepositioning Force Ship named to honor @USMC Marine and Medal of Honor recipient LCPL Roy Wheat who smothered a mine with his body to save fellow Marines during the Vietnam War. #MeettheFleet #Togetherwedeliver pic.twitter.com/9cgekGX1zi

— USTRANSCOM (@US_TRANSCOM) June 26, 2020

Forbes: Meet The U.S. Navy Ship That Was Made In The Soviet Union

As a rule, the Navy’s ships are built in American shipyards, but there’s one notable exception. U.S. Transport Command recently showcased a Soviet ship now serving in the U.S. Navy on its official Twitter account.

The tweet is part of a ‘meet the fleet’ effort to raise awareness of the less well-known ships in the U.S. Navy. And the 15,804-ton Maritime Prepositioning Force Ship USNS Lance Cpl. Roy M. Wheat and other transport ships do deserve more attention. This ship has a unique back story because it was built at a time and place which put it on the other side during the Cold War: in the U.S.S.R.

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WNU Editor: This ship is the only exception to the rule that  the Navy’s ships are built in American shipyards. Hmmmm .... maybe they should make a few more exceptions.
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