(Notícia em Inglês)
The U.S. Navy successfully concluded its largest demonstration of shipboard alternative fuel use when the Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) arrived at Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme, Calif., at 10:37 a.m. (PST), November 17 after a 17 hour transit from the Defense Fuel Supply Point at Naval Base Point Loma
The SDTS is a decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer, ex-Paul F. Foster (EDD 964). It has been reconfigured to provide the Navy with an at-sea, remotely controlled, engineering test and evaluation platform without the risk to personnel or operational assets.
The ship received approximately 20,000 gallons of a 50-50 blend of an algae-derived, hydro-processed algal oil and petroleum F-76 from the Defense Fuel Supply Point at Naval Base Point Loma, November 16.
The U.S. Navy successfully concluded its largest demonstration of shipboard alternative fuel use when the Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) arrived at Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme, Calif., at 10:37 a.m. (PST), November 17 after a 17 hour transit from the Defense Fuel Supply Point at Naval Base Point Loma
The SDTS is a decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer, ex-Paul F. Foster (EDD 964). It has been reconfigured to provide the Navy with an at-sea, remotely controlled, engineering test and evaluation platform without the risk to personnel or operational assets.
The ship received approximately 20,000 gallons of a 50-50 blend of an algae-derived, hydro-processed algal oil and petroleum F-76 from the Defense Fuel Supply Point at Naval Base Point Loma, November 16.