USNS Montford Point
USNS Montford Point (T-ESD-1) underway in July 2014
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Montford Point |
Namesake | Montford Point Camp, North Carolina |
Owner | Military Sealift Command |
Ordered | 27 May 2011[2] |
Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 19 January 2012[3] |
Launched | 13 November 2012[1] |
In service | 14 May 2013[4] |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Expeditionary Transfer Dock |
Displacement | 34,500 tonnes[2] |
Length | 765 ft (233 m)[5] |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[2] |
Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi)[2] |
USNS Montford Point (T-ESD-1), (formerly T-MLP-1),
Design
The Expeditionary Transfer Dock is a new concept, part of the Maritime Prepositioning Force of the future. To control costs, the ships will not be built to combat vessel standards and are designed primarily to support three military
The ship's engines are of British design and construction. Power conversion company
Construction
Montford Point's keel was laid down in
Montford Point completed its first float out operation at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, California, on 13 November 2012. Montford Point was christened in March 2013, successfully completed builder's sea trials on March 20, and will be delivered to the Military Sealift Command's
History
On 13 June 2014, the Montford Point successfully completed LCAC interface tests off the coast of
Montford Point participated in RIMPAC 2014.[18]
Montford Point began a series of Post-Delivery Tests and Trials (PDT&T) events beginning in April 2014 that took place over several months, which included an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) end-to-end event to determine operational effectiveness and the week-long Pacific Horizon 2015 humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise. The tests demonstrated her ability to interface with cargo ships, including the
Ship re-designation
Effective 4 September 2015,
References
- ^ "Military Sealift Command's First Mobile Landing Platform Ship Floated from Dry Dock". Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g "The US Navy's Mobile Landing Platform Ships (MLP)". Defenseindustrydaily.com. Watershed Publishing. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "General Dynamics NASSCO Marks Keel Laying of First Mobile Landing Platform Ship" (Press release). MarketWatch. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Montford Point (T-ESD-1)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ a b "General Dynamics NASSCO lays keel". United Press International. UPI.com. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Navy Renames Three Ship Classes, Creates 'Expeditionary' Designator in Naming System". USNI News Blog. United States Naval Institute. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ a b c Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (4 January 2012). "Navy Names First Three Mobile Landing Platform Ships". Defense.gov. U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Mobile Landing Platform: Pier in the Water". Naval Sea Systems Command. Navy.mil. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- U-T San Diego. Utsandiego.com. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ Team Ships Public Affairs (30 June 2011). "Construction Begins on first Mobile Landing Platform From Team Ships Public Affairs". Naval Sea Systems Command. Navy.mil. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "Conversion to Supply Propulsion Systems for US Navy's Mobile Landing Platform Program". Converteam.com. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ Scott, Richard (30 September 2010). "Floating world: US Navy eyes Mobile Landing Platform as sea base pontoon". International Defence Review. Jane's Information Group. and Sarah Burford (November 13, 2012). "Military Sealift Command's First Mobile Landing Platform Ship Floated From Dry Dock". NNS121113-16. Military Sealift Command Pacific Public Affairs. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
- ^ a b "MLP 1 Successfully Completes Builder's Sea Trials". Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communications. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Navy Receives MLP-1". UPI. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ^ SIU Gains Jobs On New Military Support Vessels seafarers.org
- ^ "American Maritime Officers - AMO".
- ^ USNS Montford Point (MLP 1) Successfully Completes LCAC Interface Tests - Navyrecognition.com, 26 June 2014
- ^ Marconi, J (14 July 2014). "USNS Montford Point exercises capabilities during Rim of the Pacific operations". mscsealift.dodlive.mil. SEALIFT. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ Navy’s Mobile Landing Platform Demonstrates Key Capabilities - Navylive.DoDlive.mil, 29 January 2015
External links
- "Mobile Landing Platform Photo Gallery". NASSCO/General Dynamics Corporation. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- Priolo, Gary P. (27 April 2012). "USNS Montford Point (T-MLP-1)". Service Ship Photo Archive. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2012-05-16.