At the end of December 2023, we got word of the U.S. Navy being on the verge of receiving three brand-new floating hospitals. They are the Expeditionary Medical Ships (EMS) being built by Austal, but ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a Lansing event announcing that a future expeditionary fast transport ship will be named “USS Lansing,” July 22, 2024 | Lucy Valeski Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other ...

The Navy has christened a 338-foot expeditionary fast transport ship called Point Loma, making the auxiliary vessel the latest to bear a name that directly or indirectly refers to San Diego. The ship ...

LANSING, Mich. (WNDU) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday morning that a future expeditionary fast transport ship will be named “USNS Lansing,” honoring Michigan’s capital city for the ...

LANSING, MI - A new U.S. Navy ship will be named after Michigan’s capital, officials announced. The future spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport (EFP 16) will be named USNS Lansing, according ...

The USNS Brunswick cruised into Chesapeake Bay last week, concluding more than seven years of Pacific operations, including the first circumnavigation of the world by an expeditionary fast transport, ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) returned to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story in Virginia Beach on Saturday, Feb. 3. USNS Brunswick completed a seven-year forward ...

Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 6, the future USNS Brunswick, recently completed acceptance trials, the U.S. Navy says. The ship, which was constructed by Austal USA, is the sixth ship of the EPF ...

Mobile, Ala. shipbuilder Austal USA launched USNS Point Loma (EPF 15), the U.S. Navy’s 15th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF).The ship was christened in the beginning of August and is now docked pier ...

Austal USA is currently under contract to build 14 Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ships for the Navy, with 12 delivered thus far. Given the rapid expanse in its mission set... The Navy’s ...