USNS Newport (T-EPF-12)
 Artist's conception of Expeditionary Fast Transport | |
| History | |
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| Name: | USNS Newport |
| Operator: | Military Sealift Command |
| Awarded: | 15 September 2016[1] |
| Builder: | Austal USA[1] |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 43 knots (80 km/h; 49 mph) |
| Troops: | 312 |
| Crew: | Capacity of 41, 22 in normal service |
| Aviation facilities: | Landing pad for medium helicopter |
USNS Newport (T-EPF-12) will be the twelfth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport and will be operated by the Military Sealift Command.[1][2] It will be the fourth ship in naval service named after Newport, Rhode Island.[2]
Newport is under construction in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Newport". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- 1 2 "Secretary of the Navy Names Navy's Newest Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 13 February 2018. NNS180213-14. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ↑ "Keel Authenticated for Burlington" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 27 September 2017. NNS170927-07. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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