A History of Service By Landstar Transportation Logistics This story also appears in Landstar’s ‘The Road to Success’ magazine, Winter 2017 issue.
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t’s not often that a freight move requires the manufacsubmarine; a Japanese manned torpedo known as a Kaiture of a custom-built dolly for a suicide torpedo, a ten; large missiles; and numerous deep sea diving artifacts custom-designed boat tarp for a WWII German submafrom World War II. In 2016, the museum needed to varine, or a specialized crate for the removal of a corroded cate the property, which left the Navy to reclaim approxiNavy shipping mine while in its concrete base. mately 100 artifacts on loan to the museum and find a But when that’s the case, and the freight is of historiway to transport the historic and rather bulky items to the cal significance, you need a logistics US Defense Supply Center in Richcompany with deep experience in mond, Virginia. providing customized transportation That’s when the Landstar team When the United States Naval solutions. entered the picture and spent dozens History and Heritage Command of hours in preparation to move the When the United States Naval needed its World War II artifacts museum. Landstar’s intricate plan History and Heritage Command moved from a New Jersey for the museum move provided the needed its World War II artifacts Navy with a specific logistics manmoved from a New Jersey musemuseum to Virginia, in just a few agement plan for specialized packum to Virginia, in just a few days’ days’ time, Landstar’s government ing, loading and unloading, and time, Landstar’s government serservices team collaborated shipping sequence of the freight vices team collaborated with one with one of Landstar’s many which required the use of cranes, of Landstar’s many independent forklifts, slings, spreader bars and agencies to make the Navy misindependent agencies to make the hooks. Team members packing the sion possible. Yankee Enterprise Navy mission possible. artifacts inside of the museum had Inc., a Landstar agency, has a histo wear white-cotton gloves and use tory of meticulously arranging Base archival packaging materials and techniques. Realignment and Closure (BRAC) moves, including In an additional part of the safety plan, Landstar outdecades-old military equipment. lined the requirements for the material handling equipDuring the 1970s, crowds would travel to the museum ment used and operational checklists for the operators to get a glimpse of the war-time relics on display and Boy who would be using the equipment. The plan included Scouts could camp overnight in a US WWII submarine. specifying the personal protective equipment (PPE) that The main attractions located inside and on the grounds operators would be required to wear on site, as well as reof the museum property included the USS Ling, a WWII quiring operators to complete a safety orientation and an diesel submarine; a 75-year-old German Seehund mini
A Japanese manned torpedo, known as a Kaiten, is moved by crane to a flatbed in preparation for transport.
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The museum’s 43’ long periscopes are placed into dry vans.
