WASHINGTON — The U.S. Marine Corps is looking more closely at how to leverage alternate ships to keep its forces at sea, amid an amphibious ship shortage a top Marine called the “single biggest ...

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 final U.S. Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship — future USNS Lansing (EPF 16) — was christened Saturday during a ceremony at Austal USA’s manufacturing facility in Mobile, Ala. It is the first ...

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 ...

The future USNS Point Loma underway. (Photo courtesy of Austal USA) Austal USA announced Monday that the future USNS Point Loma, an expeditionary fast transport vessel, has completed acceptance trials ...

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 ...

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 ...

The medical ship’s design is optimized to provide “patient holding, stabilization, evacuation, and transport in support of Distributed Maritime Operations,” the release said. “The EMS design features ...

The expeditionary fast transport ship Brunswick has returned to the United States after spending the past seven years overseas. (Navy) The expeditionary fast transport ship Brunswick completed a home ...

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 ...

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, ...