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''Delta Mariner'' is a cargo ship operated by Foss Maritime for United Launch Alliance (ULA). Its primary role is transporting components for the ULA Atlas V and Delta rockets from the manufacturer, located in Decatur, Alabama, to launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The ship is designed for shallow inland waterways as well as the open ocean and is capable of carrying up to three long Delta IV Common Booster Cores. Some cargos carried by the ''Mariner'' were formerly transported by Russian transport aircraft from the manufacturer to the launch site. == Routes == Completed rocket stages and other components are transported by truck approximately from the Decatur manufacturing facility to the dock on the Tennessee River and driven directly onto the ship.〔 From Decatur, ''Delta Mariner'' uses two routes to the Gulf of Mexico. The first route takes the vessel downstream on the Tennessee River to the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway, south to the Tombigbee River, and into Mobile Bay and the Gulf, a distance of about . The current route takes the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers downstream, south on the Mississippi River, and into the Gulf, more than .〔 From the ULA plant, ''Delta Mariner'' may travel around the Florida peninsula to Cape Canaveral, a trip; or through the Panama Canal to Vandenberg, a three week journey which covers around .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Delta Mariner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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