Investigations are ongoing to uncover how and why the 19,000-ton US Naval Ship ran aground in Bahrain this weekend.
The ship in question is the USNS Alan Shepard, a 210-metre-long dry cargo ship of the Lewis and Clark class. It departed a shipyard in Al Hidd, Bahrain, on 15th July Saturday and was heading to the Khalifa bin Salman Port when it struck the ground and stopped.
There were 85 people onboard the vessel when it ran aground. However, nobody was injured, a 5th Fleet Spokesperson mentioned...