The Frank Cable, homeported on Guam, made its first port call for a pier survey and crew liberty in Yokohama, Japan, on Nov. 1, according to the Navy. A month later, in White Beach, the ship’s crew launched another pier survey.
A growing fleet of autonomous, artificial intelligence-piloted Navy surface ships has been stationed in San Diego part of an ambitious effort to find out how the emerging technology might be used to expand the service’s reach.