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MSC Activates Ship Status Hotline

MSC PAO 03-16
April 3, 2003
For more information, contact:
Marge Holtz or Sheree Callahan
(202)685-5055

Concerned family members of mariners serving aboard any Military Sealift Command and government owned or chartered ship can now check on a ship's status and general location, toll free.

"Our mariners' families are part of the MSC family too," said Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III, commander of MSC. "We are proud to offer this information during these uncertain times."

Family members of mariners who dial (888) SEA-LIFT (732-5438) and press 2 will be put in contact with a MSC employee who can tell them in general terms where the ship is operating and its general status.

This hotline was available during the first Persian Gulf War. Vice Adm. Brewer said he hopes that it can be used along with other forms of communication to keep family members informed.

Military Sealift Command, the ocean transportation provider for the Department of Defense, operates about 120 civilian-crewed, noncombatant active ships around the world. MSC ship missions vary from the transport and afloat prepositioning of defense cargo to underway replenishment and other direct support to Navy ships at sea and at-sea data collection for the U.S. military and other U.S. government agencies.