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  • U.S. Navy Sends Nontraditional Ships to Support Sudan Evacuation

    From Nautical Army of Volunteer Yeoman@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 2 09:53:55 2023
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    Without a carrier strike group or amphibious readiness group currently operating in the Middle East, the U.S. Navy has dispatched two little-
    known ship classes to help the State Department evacuate people from
    Sudan.

    Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)
    moved about 300 people from Port Sudan to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday. Meanwhile, Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B.
    Puller (ESB-3) is also operating in the Red Sea, standing by to aid in the evacuation mission.

    The EPFs, built by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., and the ESBs, built by
    General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, Calif., have both received attention
    from the Marine Corps in recent years as an interim solution to move
    Marines around for its island-hopping strategy while the Navy pursues the Landing Ship Medium. But both classes are now fulfilling missions
    typically performed by other U.S. Navy assets like amphibious warships at
    a time when the fleet is balancing operations between the Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean and the Middle East.

    <https://news.usni.org/2023/05/01/u-s-navy-sends-untraditional-ships-to- support-sudan-evacuation>

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to Nautical Army of Volunteer Yeoman on Tue May 2 09:49:00 2023
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    On 5/2/23 02:53, Nautical Army of Volunteer Yeoman wrote:
    Without a carrier strike group or amphibious readiness group currently operating in the Middle East, the U.S. Navy has dispatched two little-
    known ship classes to help the State Department evacuate people from
    Sudan.

    Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)
    moved about 300 people from Port Sudan to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday. Meanwhile, Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B.
    Puller (ESB-3) is also operating in the Red Sea, standing by to aid in the evacuation mission.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Brunswick
    USNS Brunswick (JHVS-6/T-EPF-6),[2] is the sixth Spearhead-class
    expeditionary fast transport,[1] currently in service with the United
    States Navy's Military Sealift Command.
    catamarian hull
    Length 103.0 m (337 ft 11 in)
    Beam 28.5 m (93 ft 6 in)
    Draft 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in)
    Speed 43 knots (80 km/h; 49 mph)
    Troops 312


    USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3), is the first purpose-built expeditionary
    mobile base vessel for the United States Navy, and the second ship to be
    named in honor of Chesty Puller. Wikipedia
    Length: 764′
    Launched: November 6, 2014
    Construction started: November 5, 2013
    Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
    Beam: 164′
    Light Displacement: approx. 39,900 tons
    Speed: 15 knots

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