Any more info on that? I remember when the CC outfitted their new, at that time, cutters with combustion turbines. They were impressive. I was on a DDG that got left behind in a race off Gitmo.
USNS LCPL ROY M. WHEAT formerly 'Vladimir Vaslyaev' a project 1609 aka Atlantika-class rolker. First built in 1979, all officially were a part of Soviet merchant marine, but they were designed by Russian Navy engineers and built in Ukraine as a non-economic super-fast vessels (26 knots) unfit for commercial shipping by default. It is believed that the idea behind these ships was to move armor across Atlantic in case of war. I couldn't find a photo of Wheat, but here is a photo of another such vessel.