Prepositioning ship/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Prepositioning ship.

Military cargo ships, normally in squadrons of several vessels, that are prepositioned at secure forward locations, in order to speed delivery of sustainment supplies to the initial forces landed by air or from combat amphibious warfare ships.

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