The main difference between the two designators is that one is manned mainly by civilian personnel and the other is manned by naval personnel, meaning US navy sailors. Both types are owned and operated by the United States Navy. Usually USNS ships are manned by civillian personnel from the Military Sealift Command. A command primarily tasked with restocking and resupplying US Naval Ships.
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What is the difference between North American and US?AnswerCanada.
Yes. That's why it was called 'USS'. Ships of the Confederate Navy were 'CSS'.
A difference between Oriental & Occidental ship designs. A difference between the Western man's mission and the Eastern man's objective...probably wealth verses strictly exploration.
the major economical difference between the north and the south is the north was based on manufacturing while south was agriculutural
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