Ocean Force has a hold deck 85m long, 15m wide, and goes around 7.85m deep. I think it is important to think about that, because Ocean Force is a Flo/Flo that displaces ~6700 tons. I am not certain, but I believe she is very similar (maybe slightly larger) to Condock V, another MSC charter often seen hauling MCMs around the world as well.
No question chartering Flo/Flo's is a good deal, but there are only 20 in the world. I also wonder how much it would cost to build a US Navy Flo/Flo with a hold deck 134m long and 20m wide, which is slightly wider than the size of a Whidbey Island class well deck.
Why the extra beam? Because with a 20m hold deck, that Flo/Flo could carry 4 PCs the size of the Cyclone class at a time. Something like that would make a great PC tender, and would have the space to double as a LCS tender for module swaps.
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