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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Wolfgang Hechler

USNS John Glenn (T-ESD-2)

Montford Point Class Expeditionary Transfer Dock Ship:

Laid Down, 12 April 2012, at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, (NASSCO) San Diego, CA.

Launch Date, 15 September 2013

Christen USNS John Glenn (T-ESD-2), 1 February, 2014

Delivered, 12 March 2014

Specifications:
Displacement 39,900 t.(lt) 78,800 t.(fl)
Length 837'
Beam 164'
Draft 28 ft
Speed 15 kts
Complement

CivMar 34

Armament none

Cargo Capacities unknown

Propulsion

Diesel-electric

two propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	200k	*Namesake* *Col. John H. Glenn Jr., (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016), a Marine aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio. In 1962 he was the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times. Before joining NASA, Glenn was a distinguished fighter pilot in World War II and Korea with six Distinguished Flying Crosses and eighteen clusters on his Air Medal. He was one of the Mercury Seven: military test pilots selected in 1959 by NASA as the United States' first astronauts. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission; the first American to orbit the Earth, he was the fifth person in space. He received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990, and was the last surviving member of the Mercury Seven. After Glenn resigned from NASA in 1964 and retired from the Marine Corps the following year, he planned to run for a U.S. Senate seat from Ohio. An injury in early 1964 forced his withdrawal, and he lost a close primary election in 1970. A member of the Democratic Party, Glenn first won election to the Senate in 1974 and served for 24 years until January 3, 1999. In 1998, still a sitting senator, Glenn was the oldest person to fly in space as a crew member of the Discovery space shuttle and the only person to fly in both the Mercury and Space Shuttle programs. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. US Marine Corps photo illustration # NH 61208-M-JT438-387 WASHINGTON (Dec. 8, 2016)* by Sgt. Elize McKelvey	Lee Wahler
140109-N-EW716-003	287k	*USNS John Glenn* (T-ESD-2)** transits San Diego Bay after successfully completing Builder's Sea Trials on 13 January 2014. The ship is expected to be delivered to the Navy in March following Acceptance Trials. US Navy photo #'s 140109-N-EW716-003 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 9, 2014) 140109-N-EW716-002 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 9, 2014) and 140109-N-EW716-001 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 9, 2014)	US Navy Newsstand
140109-N-EW716-002	468k
140109-N-EW716-001	979k
	184k	Christening ceremony of Mobile Landing Platform *USNS John Glenn* (T-ESD-2)**, 1 February 2017	Ron Reeves
	135k	Former U.S. Senator John Glenn renders respect to the national ensign during the presentation of the colors at the christening ceremony of Mobile Landing Platform *USNS John Glenn* (T-ESD-2)*. The ship, named in honor of U.S. senator, astronaut and Marine Corps pilot John Glenn, represents the newest platform in Navy-Marine Corps integration that will enable Sailors and Marines to be where it matters, when it matters for amphibious operations or humanitarian and disaster relief efforts among other roles US Navy photo # 140201-N-WL435-167 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 1, 2014)* by MCC Peter D. Lawlor.	US Navy Newsstand
	217k	Ship's sponsor Lyn Glenn breaks a bottle of champagne on the hull of the ship to bear her father's name, Mobile Landing Platform *USNS John Glenn* (T-ESD-2)*, and in doing so officially christens the ship. US Navy photo # 140201-N-WL435-529 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 1, 2014* by MCC Peter D. Lawlor.	US Navy Newsstand
	164k	Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) ADM. Jonathan Greenert and platform members applaud former U.S. Senator John Glenn after his daughter Lyn Glenn, the ship's sponsor, broke a bottle of champagne on the hull to officially christen Mobile Landing Platform *USNS John Glenn* (T-ESD-2)*. US Navy photo 140201-N-WL435-552 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 1, 2014)* by MCC Peter D. Lawlor.	Robert M. Cieri
	142k	*USNS Montford Point* (T-ESD-1) and USNS John Glenn (T-ESD-2)** pass each other near San Diego in 2014. Photo courtesy General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, (NASSCO) San Diego, CA.	Lee Wahler
	325k	*USNS John Glenn* (T-ESD-2)** moored pierside at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, (NASSCO) San Diego, CA., 10 October 2015	Photos by Tommy Trampp
	291k		Photos by Tommy Trampp