USNS Apache
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USNS Apache is a U.S. Navy Powhatan-class fleet ocean tugboat that was operated by the Military Sealift Command from 1981 to 2022. She spent the bulk of her career in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
Apache towing the decommissioned destroyer ex-Barry (DD-933) on the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., on 18 November 1983.
Apache tows ex-Iowa on her way to reactivation in 1982
Apache fights fire on Tahoma Reefer in Monrovia in 2006
Technicians aboard Apache ready Orion side-scan sonar for deployment during El Faro search
SS El Faro
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SS El Faro was a United States-flagged, combination of roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off cargo ship crewed by U.S. merchant mariners. Built in 1975 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. as Puerto Rico
Promotional photo of El Faro by TOTE Maritime, which operates under Sea Star brand
Wastage found of ventilation trunk on SS El Yunque, sister ship of El Faro
NHC Advisory for Joaquin at 11 p.m., about 3 hours after El Faro's departure
El Faro alternate, normal and accident routes, Jacksonville to San Juan