
The U.S. Navy’s 10th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, the future USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10), successfully finished acceptance trials, the Navy said on Friday.The EPF ships, built by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., are non-combat ships that are meant to on or off-load personnel and vehicles at shallow-draft ports and waterways. They are used for maneuver and sustainment, relief operations in small or damaged ports, and flexible logistics support.EPFs can hold a fully combat-loaded Abrams tank and have a flight deck that…