USNS Lansing
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Artist's conception of Expeditionary Fast Transport
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Lansing |
Namesake | Lansing |
Operator | Military Sealift Command |
Awarded | 3 May 2022[1] |
Builder | Austal USA[1] |
Laid down | 6 September 2024[2] |
Sponsored by | Gretchen Whitmer[3] |
Identification | Hull number: T-EPF-16 |
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 Lansing (T-EPF-16) will be the sixteenth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, operated by the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command.[1] On 22 July 2024, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that she would be named after Lansing, Michigan.[4] This is the second US Navy ship named Lansing, with the first being USS Lansing (DE-388), although that ship was named after Aviation Machinist Mate First Class William Henry Lansing.[3]
Lansing is under construction in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Lansing". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Austal USA Celebrates Keel Laying for Final EPF - Lansing (EPF 16)" (Press release). Austal USA. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ a b Mongilio, Heather (22 July 2024). "SECNAV Del Toro Names EPF-16 After Michigan Capital City". USNI News. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "SECNAV Del Toro Names Navy's Newest Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship Lansing; Invites Governor of Michigan to Serve as Sponsor". United States Navy (Press release). 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Austal USA Cuts Aluminum on Final Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF)" (Press release). Austal USA. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.