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Navy Accepts Delivery Of USNS Newport EPF-12

Thursday, September 3rd, 2020

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Navy Accepts Delivery Of USNS Newport EPF-12

The Navy’s twelfth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, USNS Newport (EPF-12), successfully competed Integrated Sea Trials on July 30, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy accepted delivery of the newest Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport ship, the future USNS Newport (T-EPF-12), on Sept. 2. The Newport previously finished integrated sea trials, combining builder’s and acceptance trials, in July. The ship was built by Austal USA at its shipyard in Mobile, Ala. (Defense Daily, August 3). EPF-12 was the second ship of the class to undergo that kind of integrated trial. EPFs are non-combat ships owned and operated by Military Sealift Command that aim to…

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