USNS Montford Point (T-ESD-1) underway in July 2014
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Montford Point |
Namesake | Montford Point Camp, North Carolina |
Owner | Military Sealift Command |
Ordered | 27 May 2011[1] |
Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 19 January 2012[2] |
Launched | 13 November 2012[3] |
In service | 14 May 2013[4] |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Expeditionary Transfer Dock |
Displacement | 34,500 tonnes[1] |
Length | 765 ft (233 m)[5] |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[1] |
Range | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi)[1] |
USNS Montford Point (T-ESD-1), (formerly T-MLP-1),[6] the lead ship of her class of Expeditionary Transfer Docks (ESD), is a ship named in honor of African American Marine Corps recruits who trained at Montford Point Camp, North Carolina, from 1942 to 1949.[7] After $115 million was allocated for long-lead time material and advanced design efforts, in late 2010 General Dynamics's National Steel and Shipbuilding Company was awarded the contract, worth approximately $500 million, to build the first of three planned vessels.[8][9][10]
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