USNS Lansing
Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport
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USNS Lansing (T-EPF-16) will be the sixteenth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, operated by the United States Navy's Military Sealift Command.[1] On 22 July 2024, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that she would be named after Lansing, Michigan.[4] This is the second US Navy ship named Lansing, with the first being USS Lansing (DE-388), although that ship was named after Aviation Machinist Mate First Class William Henry Lansing.[3]
Artist's conception of Expeditionary Fast Transport | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Lansing |
| Namesake | Lansing |
| Operator | Military Sealift Command |
| Awarded | 3 May 2022[1] |
| Builder | Austal USA[1] |
| Laid down | 6 September 2024[2] |
| Sponsored by | Gretchen Whitmer[3] |
| Identification | Hull number: T-EPF-16 |
| Status | Under construction |
| Badge | _Seal.png) |
| 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 |
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| Speed | 43 knots (80 km/h; 49 mph) |
| Troops | 312 |
| Crew | Capacity of 41, 22 in normal service |
| Aviation facilities | Landing pad for medium helicopter |
Lansing is under construction in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[5]
