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History | |
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Name | Lansing |
Namesake | Lansing |
Operator | Military Sealift Command |
Awarded | 3 May 2022 [1] |
Builder | Austal USA [1] |
Laid down | 6 September 2024 [2] |
Sponsored by | Gretchen Whitmer [3] |
Identification | Hull number: T-EPF-16 |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Class & type | Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport |
Length | 103.0 m (337 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 28.5 m (93 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 43 knots (80 km/h; 49 mph) |
Troops | 312 |
Crew | Capacity of 41, 22 in normal service |
Aviation facilities | Landing pad for medium helicopter |
USNS Lansing (T-EPF-16) will be the sixteenth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, operated by the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command. [1] On 22 July 2024, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that she would be named after Lansing, Michigan. [4] This is the second US Navy ship named Lansing, with the first being USS Lansing (DE-388), although that ship was named after Aviation Machinist Mate First Class William Henry Lansing. [3]
Lansing is under construction in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA. [5]