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USNS Point Loma (T-EPF 15)


EPF-1 (Flight II) Class Expeditionary Fast Transport:
  • Laid down, 27 June 2023, at Austal USA in Mobile, AL.
  • Christened, 25 February 2023
  • Launched, 3 September 2024
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,670 t.(lt)
    Length 337' 11"
    Beam 93' 6"
    Draft 12' 7"
    Speed 43 kts
    Complement 22 Civilian Mariners, capable of 42
    Troop Capacity
    104 embarked force berths
    312 embarked seating capacity
    Cargo Capacity 600 short tons in 20,000 sq. ft.
    Aircraft Capacity two helicopters (one medium folded in helo parking area and one on deck)
    Propulsion
    four MTU 20V8000 M71L Diesel engines
    four ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears
    four Wartsila WLD 1400 SR waterjets

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    9821k Newly fitted out USNS Point Loma (T-EPF-15) at Austal USA, Mobile AL., 28 March 2025. Point Loma began sea trials 26 March 2025. In the assembly bay behind Point Loma is USNS Billy Frank Jr. (T-ATS-11), the first Navajo class fleet ocean tug and also first steel ship being built by Austal USA on the eve of her christening ceremony on the following morning.<John Deur Austral USA

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    For more photos and information about USNS Point Loma see;
  • Navy Fact File - Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF)
  • US Navy Super Ferry - JHSV-1 Spearhead: What kind of ship is Spearhead? - video
  • Ship Characteristics
  • Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) and Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) Program Overviews

  • Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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