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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Marine Corps is looking more closely at how to leverage alternate ships to keep its forces at sea, amid an ...

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 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 ...