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USNS Lansing (T-EPF 16)


EPF-1 (Flight II) Class Expeditionary Fast Transport: (Flight II) includes enhanced medical facilities)
  • Laid down, 27 June 2023, at Austal USA in Mobile, AL.
  • Christened, 10 January 2026
    u>Specifications:
    Displacement 1,670 t.(lt)
    Length 337' 11"
    Beam 93' 6"
    Draft 12' 7"
    Speed
    33 kts with 380 metric tonnes Cargo
    23 kts with 231 metric tonnes mission payload (medical)
    Range
    1,200 nautical miles at 33 kts (full load)
    2,000 nautical miles at 21 ktd (medical cargo)
    4,700 nautical miles at 21 kts (no cargo)

    Complement 36 mariners
    Troop Capacity
    104 embarked force berths
    312 embarked seating capacity
    Medical Detachment
    3 VIP
    1 Officer-in-Charge
    147 embarked forces/medical support
    8 isolation/acute care
    Medical Beds
    2 operating rooms (1 major/1 minor procedure)
    23 medical ward beds (in ward/ICU)
    10 ICU beds (in ward/ICU)
    8 isolation/acute care (in berthing)

    Cargo Capacity 600 short tons in 20,000 sq. ft.
    Aircraft Capacity landing spot for up to V-22
    Watercraft Operations 11m RHIB launching and recovery system hydraulic painter boom
    Propulsion
    four MTU 20V8000 M71L Diesel engines
    four ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears
    four Wartsila WLD 1400 SR steerable, reversing waterjets

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    Lansing
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    110k The future USNS Lansing’s two sponsors, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain break bottles of champagne on the ship’s bow during a christening ceremony at Austal USA’s manufacturing facility in Mobile, AL., 10 January 2026.
    Austal USA via Facebook, Source - Stars and Stripes
    Robert Haner

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    Navy Fact File - Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF)

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

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