USNS Point Loma (T-EPF-15)

USNS Point Loma (T-EPF-15) will be the fifteenth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport. On July 16, 2021, acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker announced that she would be named after Point Loma, San Diego. This is the second ship named after Point Loma, with the other being Deep Submergence Support Ship USS Point Loma (AGDS-2).[1]

Artist's conception of Expeditionary Fast Transport
History
United States
NamePoint Loma
NamesakePoint Loma
OperatorMilitary Sealift Command
IdentificationHull number: T-EPF-15
StatusOn order
General characteristics
Class and typeSpearhead class expeditionary fast transport
Not to be confused with USNS Point Barrow (T-AKD-1), a US Navy Deep Submergence Support Ship.

References
  1. "Acting SECNAV Names Future Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship Point Loma". United States Navy. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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