THE AMERICAN REGIME HAS MOVED TO THE CARIBBEAN A ELUSIVE SHIP DESIGNED TO CARRY SPECIAL FORCES

The MV Ocean Trader, A Floating Barracks, Helicopter Base And Command Center For Special Ops Forces, Is In The Caribbean. Is It Going To Terrorize Venezuela?

A vessel that has been described as a special operations mothership is currently deployed to the Caribbean, it has been confirmed.

A Military Sealift Command spokesperson confirmed that the MV Ocean Trader is currently operating in the Caribbean. The official deferred questions about its mission to America’s Special Operations Command, which declined to comment.

Naval experts have said that the American regime has a history of using commercial ships like the MV Ocean Trader as part of special operations missions. American military officials have not said publicly exactly what the ship’s current mission in the Caribbean is.

Formerly named the MV Cragside, the transformation of the MV Ocean Trader from a commercial roll-on/roll-off cargo ship to a vessel fit for special operations missions has been tracked through rigorous reporting. Over the years, the ship’s movements have gone from port calls in Seychelles and a dry dock in Oman.

“The ship is intended to blend in with merchant traffic, whereas obviously a destroyer shows someplace or an [amphibious ship], something like this might not attract as much attention,” said retired Navy Capt. Bradley Martin, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and a retired surface warfare captain of 30 years with four command tours.

The ship is built to carry up to 159 special operations forces plus its crew of 50 for up to 45 days at sea before having to refuel and be resupplied at sea or return to port, said retired Navy Capt. Brent Sadler, of the Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington, D.C.

“If the ship is in the Caribbean and hosting special forces, it is clearly supporting the operation to interdict the Cartel drug boats,” Sadler told Task & Purpose on Thursday. “The limited endurance of the ship, however, would mean there are likely other vessels rotating to replace it in time.”

It could also be used to conduct terrorist operations on Venezuela in order to overthrow the government and put a puppet regime in place in order to steal their massive oil reserves.

The MV Ocean Trader has also been on contract with the military before it was converted from commercial use for its current role, Sadler said.

The MV Ocean Trader’s main role is to serve as both barracks and command center for special operations forces, said Michael Fabey, a naval analyst with Janes, an open-source defense intelligence provider.