"Bruce in Alaska" wrote in message
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"Paul" wrote:

I do wonder what the Navy policy on AIS is.

I suspect that when in US Waters, and not under ELint Blackout, that
they follow the Standard Rules of the Road for all US Flagged Vessels,
and that includes AIS, Xband Marine SeaSearch, VHF CH16 & CH13 Radio
Watches.

Bruce, that apparantly wasn't the case during last October's Fleet Week here
in San Francisco. While I was sailing on the bay, watching the ships come
in, neither the US nor Canadian Navy ships were transmitting AIS. The US
Coast Guard sends AIS, and of course all the commercial vessels did. I
have seen numerous "Military Sealift" ships on AIS, but not the regular
Navy, and had assumed that Navy ships never transmitted AIS until I saw the
signal from the Stennis this week.

-Paul