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EPF-10 Finishes Acceptance Trials

Friday, August 3rd, 2018

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EPF-10 Finishes Acceptance Trials

The U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel USNS City of Bismarck (EPF-9) is launched in Mobile, Ala. On June 7, 2017. (Photo: David Stoltz, U.S. Navy).

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…

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