USNS Millinocket (T-EPF-3)
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Millinocket underway in 2015.
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| Name: | USNS Millinocket |
| Operator: | Military Sealift Command |
| Awarded: | 29 October 2010 |
| Builder: | Austal |
| Launched: | 5 June 2013[1] |
| In service: | 21 March 2014 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport |
| Length: | 103.0 m (337 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 28.5 m (93 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in) |
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| Speed: | 43 knots (80 km/h; 49 mph) |
| Troops: | 312 |
| Crew: | 41 |
| Aircraft carried: | Medium helicopter |
USNS Millinocket (T-EPF-3), (formerly JHSV-3), (ex-Fortitude) is the third Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, which is part of the United States Military Sealift Command and was built in Mobile, Alabama.[2][3]
On 30 May 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced in Fall River, Massachusetts that the third Expeditionary Fast Transport, previously having been named Fortitude by the United States Army before the transfer of the EPF program to the Navy, would be named USNS Millinocket. Since the ship will be operated by the Military Sealift Command and not the United States Navy itself, it will carry the USNS designation and not USS.[4] The ship is the second U.S. Navy vessel to be named Millinocket, the first being a freighter sunk by a U-boat in 1942.[5][6]
In 2016 Millinocket will transport items to test with Fort Worth the LCS expeditionary maintenance capability.[7]
In 2015, NAVSEA announced that the Millinocket will be the sea trials platform for the U.S. Navy's prototype railgun at some point in 2016.
Capabilities
The EPF can transport US Army and US Marine Corps company-sized units with their vehicles, or reconfigure to become a troop transport for an infantry battalion.[2]
It has a flight deck for helicopter operations and a loading ramp that allows vehicles to quickly drive on and off the ship. The ramp is suitable for the types of austere piers and quay walls common in developing countries. EPF has a shallow draft (under 15 feet (4.6 m)).[2]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), USN. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ↑ Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
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External links
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