TEPF-1 Spearhead

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Spearhead, [EPF].

Builder: Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.

Launch date: 12 September 2011.

Commission date: 05 December 2012.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.515.

Dimensions ( metres ): 103 x 28.5 x 3.83

Main machinery: 4 x MTU 20V8000 M71L diesels, 4 x Wärtsilä WLD 1400 SR waterjets.

Speed ( knots ): 43.

Range ( miles ): 1.200 at 35 knots.

Complement: up to 42, although only 22 in normal service.

Guns: 4 x Browning M2 12,7mm.

Military lift: 600 tons of cargo capacity, allocated in the 1.900m2 bay. It can support 312 troops for four days, or 104 troops up to 14 days.

Callsign: NSPD ()

Comment: The EPF is an aluminum twin-hull catamaran, based on a Fast Ferry model by Austal. Vehicles and cargo are loaded and unloaded by a ramp that can support up to 100 tons of weight. There is an helicopter landing pad at stern, capable of handling heavy helicopters like the CH-53 Sea Stallion family, and there is also a parking slot for a medium helicopter.

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