The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport is a United States Navy–led shipbuilding program to provide a high-speed, shallow draft vessel intended for rapid intra-theater transport of medium-siz
USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10) in 2021
Stern view of USNS Spearhead, with helicopter
Ramp deployed and in use
The Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Choctaw County (EPF-2) awaits delivery at the Austal USA vessel completion yard.
Expeditionary Transfer Dock
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An Expeditionary Transfer Dock, formerly the Mobile Landing Platform, is designed to be a semi-submersible, flexible, modular platform providing the US Navy with the capability to perform large-scale
USNS John Glenn (T-ESD-2) sea trials in 2014
A computer-generated image depicting the Expeditionary Transfer Dock design
USNS John Glenn naming, February 2014
ESB variant USS Lewis B. Puller