USNS Brunswick

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USNS Brunswick arrives at Tawau on 21 April 2018
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameBrunswick
Namesake Brunswick
Operator Military Sealift Command
Awarded30 June 2011 [1]
Builder Austal USA
Laid down2 December 2014 [1]
Launched19 May 2015 [1]
In service14 January 2016 [1]
ReclassifiedT-EPF-6, 2015
Identification
MottoVigilance And Fortitude
StatusActive [1]
General characteristics
Class and type Spearhead class expeditionary fast transport
Length103.0 m (337 ft 11 in)
Beam28.5 m (93 ft 6 in)
Draft3.83 m (12 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
Speed43 knots (80 km/h; 49 mph)
Troops312
CrewCapacity of 41, 22 in normal service
Aviation facilitiesLanding pad for medium helicopter

USNS Brunswick (JHVS-6/T-EPF-6), [2] is the sixth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, [1] currently in service with the United States Navy 's Military Sealift Command. [3] It is the fourth ship in naval service named after Brunswick, Georgia. [4] Brunswick is one of three expeditionary fast transport ships in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to continue its mission of providing rapid intra-theater transport of troops and military equipment. [5] Like other EPFs of its class, the Brunswick is capable of carrying up to 600 short tons of equipment for distances of 1,200 nautical miles at an average speed of 35 knots (nautical miles per hour).

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Construction and career

Brunswick was built at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. It was launched on 19 May 2015. It was delivered on 14 January 2016. [6] Brunswick arrived in Brunswick, Georgia during the Blessing of the Fleet from 6 to 8 May 2016. It allowed tours of the ship during the visit. [7] Austal USA is also the US Navy's contractor for the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship which also plays a role in several major national and international Navy and Marine Corps exercises, humanitarian relief efforts and celebrations. [8]

According to Austal USA, the catamaran hulls of the EPF are designed to be fast, flexible, and maneuverable even in shallow waters, making them ideal for transporting troops and equipment quickly within a theater of operations. [9]

Brunswick departed Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia for her first overseas deployment in January 2017. [2]

From 2018 to 2019 the USNS Brunswick visited places such as Guam, Yap, Thailand, and Malaysia as a part of Pacific Partnership, an annual mission focused on disaster preparedness and humanitarian assistance throughout the Pacific. [10] In the year 2019, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual, multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific with over 500 personnel from several Pacific countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. [11] Alongside the USNS Fall River, the Brunswick conducted engineering projects, hosted medical events, and conducted humanitarian assistance and disaster response training. However, for Pacific Partnership 2019, US Navy leadership experimented with expeditionary fast transport ships as hosts for a medical team and serving as command ships during the exercise. [12]

In April 2023, the ship was sent to Sudan to help evacuate US citizens from the 2023 Sudan conflict. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Brunswick". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Unclassified Miscellaneous (IX) Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Future USNS Brunswick (JHSV 6) Launched" (Press release). Team Ships Public Affairs, U.S. Navy. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Secretary of the Navy Names Multiple Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "USNS Brunswick Departs Kuching, Malaysia". U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Brunswick (EPF 6)". Naval Sea Systems Command. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Fleet blessing, USNS Brunswick draw business to downtown". Brunswick News. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ships". Austal: Corporate. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF)". Austal: Corporate. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "USNS Brunswick, USNS Fall River depart Guam to help Pacific nations prepare for disasters". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Pacific Partnership 2019 Puts Expeditionary Fast Transports in the Role of Command Ships". USNI News. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Pacific Partnership 2019 Puts Expeditionary Fast Transports in the Role of Command Ships". USNI News. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "U.S. Navy ship in Sudan to help evacuate Americans -sources". reuters.com. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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