Boatfags
Giant Killer boatfag pitching in with my own thoughts on the tracking issues concerning USNS Watkins…
IF she is being used as a prison ship for HVT's, or High Value Targets (and I concur she is)…
and IF she has done covert work before (and a number of reports indicate she has)…
THEN Watkins most likely has gear on board that will false report or totally mask her position during covert ops. We all realize it can be done. The fact that different sites are giving different locations (at least one BF report today has shown her already at GITMO!) is actually more proof she is spoofing. She's not dodging us - she's dodging them.
Concur generally that marinetraffic.com usually has more info and is moar up-to-date on its reporting, but it's not infallible and I have seen vesselfinder.com sometimes detect traffic that the other doesn't. Happened earlier today, in fact. Reports from multiple sources isn't a bad thing.
Best thing we can say is we concur Watkins is either at GITMO or likely headed there. Let's see what develops. Work well done, Shipmates! BZ.