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At the time, Fort Buchanan served as a citizens training camp and soldier processing station. After World War II the post was gradually reduced to its current size of 746 acres (302 ha). Fort Buchanan remained a command depot with post facilities, a personnel center, and a special training center until closure as an Army post in 1966.
Fort Buchanan is the name of two United States Army forts: Fort Buchanan, Arizona, is a former United States Army base in Arizona to control land purchased in the Gadsden Purchase; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico is the only active U.S. Army installation in the Caribbean, home of the 1st Mission Support Command.
MDC Guaynabo is located next to Fort Buchanan U.S. Army base, [1] and is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. [2] In the wake of the destruction of Hurricane Maria in September 2017, some 1200 federal prisoners were transferred from Guaynabo to the Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City in Mississippi. [3]
A 40 ft APL container. American President Lines, LLC (APL, formerly American President Lines Ltd.), is an American container shipping company that is a subsidiary of French shipping company CMA CGM. It operates an all-container ship fleet, including nine U.S. flagged container vessels. [1]
The Confiance class or Patrouilleurs Antilles Guyane (PAG), previously called "Patrouilleurs légers guyanais" (PLG, "Light Guyane patrol vessel") until January 2019 [1] is a type of high sea patrol vessel developed and built by Socarenam based upon plans by Mauric. They are in service with the French Navy.
The two ships of the Esso Atlantic class, Esso Atlantic and Esso Pacific, were two of only seven ships to surpass a half million tons deadweight in maritime history.. When plying the sea, the vessels had a fully laden draft of 25.3 m (83 ft), [1] rendering them unable to navigate the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal when loaded to capacity.
SS Antilles was a US passenger-cargo ship launched in 1906. Chartered by the US Army in 1917 for use as a troop transport, Antilles was sunk by a German U-boat on 17 October 1917, resulting in the loss of 67 lives. At the time of its sinking the Antilles was the largest single largest loss of US lives to that point in World War I.
The ship was constructed by Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre of Normandy, France and delivered on 12 May 1995; it is registered in Marseille but its base of operations is the island of La Réunion. [1] The Marion Dufresne was designed for the very severe weather conditions of the Southern Ocean.