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Ghost Fleet Ship ‘Nomad’ Transited Panama Canal, Headed to California
May 20, 2021 12:03 PM
Ghost Fleet vessel Nomad transits the Miraflores locks in the PAnama Canal on May 18, 2021. USNI News Graphic
An experimental unmanned surface vehicle has transited the Panama Canal on the way to its new home in California, USNI News has learned.
Nomad, a former offshore patrol vessel retrofitted with systems to allow the ship to operate autonomously, passed through the Panama Canal this week, according to ship spotters tracking data from
Marine Traffic.com. A Navy official also confirmed the transit.
Web cameras at the canal’s Miraflores locks showed