USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF-2)

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USNS Choctaw County (EPF 2) awaits delivery at the Austal USA vessel completion yard in June 2013.
Choctaw County awaits delivery in 2013.
History
U.S.
Name: USNS Choctaw County
Operator: Military Sealift Command
Awarded: 28 January 2010[1]
Builder: Austal
Laid down: 8 November 2011[1]
Launched: 1 October 2012[1]
In service: 6 June 2013[1][2]
Status: in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Class & type: Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport
Length: 103.0 m (337 ft 11 in)
Beam: 28.5 m (93 ft 6 in)
Draft: 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:
  • 4 × MTU 20V8000 M71L diesel engines
  • 4 × ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears
Speed: 43 knots (80 km/h; 49 mph)
Troops: 312
Crew: 41
Aircraft carried: Medium helicopter

USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF-2), (formerly JHSV-2), (ex-Vigilant) is the second Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport,[1] which is part of the United States Military Sealift Command and was built in Mobile, Alabama.[3][4]

On 6 October 2011, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced in Ackerman, Mississippi that the second Expeditionary Fast Transport, previously having been named Vigilant by the United States Army before the transfer of the EPF program to the Navy,[1] would be named USNS Choctaw County.[5] Since the ship will be operated by the Military Sealift Command and not the United States Navy itself, it will carry the USNS designation and not USS. The ship is named for three U.S. counties, located in Mississippi, Alabama and Oklahoma.[6]

Capabilities

The EPF can transport US Army and US Marine Corps company-sized units with their vehicles, or reconfigure to become a troop transport for an infantry battalion.[3]

It has a flight deck for helicopter operations and a loading ramp that allows vehicles to quickly drive on and off the ship. The ramp is suitable for the types of austere piers and quay walls common in developing countries. EPF has a shallow draft (under 15 feet (4.6 m)).[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), USN. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

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