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Military


Mobile Landing Platform [MLP]
Intermediate Transfer Station (ITS)

Specifications
PreliminaryAs BuiltExpeditionary Transfer DockExpeditionary Sea Base (ESB)
Units N/AN/A
  • USNS Montford Point (T-ESD 1)
  • USNS John Glenn (T-ESD 2)
    		•
  • USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3)
  • USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams (ESB 4)
  • Miguel Keith (ESB 5)
  • John L. Canley (ESB 6)
  • TBD (ESB 7)
    • Builder NASSCO
    Displacement 34,544 MT 60,000-tons 83,000 tons 90,000 tons (fully loaded)
    Lightship Displacement 28,423 MT 28,879 metric tons
    Length, Overall800 feet 239 m / 730 feet 784.9 ft 239.3 Meters (785 feet)
    Draft 9.1 meters / feet 10.5 Meters (fully loaded)
    12 Meters (load line)
    Beam 50 meters / 165 feet 164 ft 50 Meters (164 feet)
    Speed 20 knots 15 knots 15 knots
    Sustained Speed > 15 knots
    Endurance over 9,500 NM at 15 knots 9,500 nautical miles
    PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • Twin screw diesel electric
  • 4 MAN/B&W medium speed diesel main engines
  • 24 MW diesel electric plant
  • 2 MW azmuthing bow thruster
    		•  Commercial Diesel Electric Propulsion
    Communications
  • 4 MBps of SATCOM,
  • NIPRNET,
  • SIPRNET
  • CENTRIXS,
  • military VHF, UHF, and SHF SATCOM radios.
    • VEHICLE TRANSFER
  • Skin to skin transfer to / from LMSR and JHSV
  • 25,000 square feet of vehicle stowage
  • Fender stowage and handling gear
    • SHIP SERVICES
  • 34 MSC berths
  • Including hotel Services to support berthing modules
  • 3MW 60 Hz power
  • Over 1OOK gal potable water
  • Over 590 K gal JP-5
    • LCAC SUPPORT
  • 3 LCAC spots
  • Space for LCAC support containers (O-Level support)
  • 60 Hz
  • AFFF
  • JP-5
  • Potable water/LCAC washdown
    • Landing Spots 1 / VERTREP
    Crew34 33 44 MSC personnel
    Personnel 1,112 Marines / ship 101 military
    (Accommodations for 250)
    Accommodations 1300 / ship



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