80,000 Tons Of Innovation: USNS Montford Point, The Navy's New Mobile Landing Platform -- Aol Defense
We attended the christening last week of the newest US Navy ship, an 80,000 ton (fully laden) vessel that is not an aircraft carrier.
Instead, the USNS Montford Point is the first of a new class of Navy ships, a Mobile Landing Platform, in essence a deployed port at sea. The ship, built at General Dynamics's NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, adds to the ongoing revolution in what is called "seabasing," the idea of supplying and sustaining military operations directly from ships at sea without requiring ports or staging bases on the land, a revolution which is being made possible by new ships, new aircraft, and new ways to use existing capabilities as part of the evolving seabase
Because the seabasing revolution is not tied to any single platform, one might miss its significance. There is "disruptive change" going on, but it is more about the evolution of the seabase than it is about a single platform in the seabase.
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More News On The Christening Of The USNS Montford Point
Navy's New Mobile Landing Platform, Montford Point, To Revolutionize Amphibious Warfare -- Aol Defense
In honor of African American Marines, ship christened in San Diego -- L.A. Times
USNS Montford Point takes on legacy, leads new class of Navy ships -- Dvids
Christening Ceremony for USNS Montford Point Held in San Diego -- USNAVYSEALS.COM
USNS Montford Point to honor black recruits -- ABC 10 News
USNS Montford Point Ship Christened -- Inland Valley News
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