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USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5)
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 USNS Trenton (JHSV-5) (2014 - 2015)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Romeo - Tango
 NTRT
JHSV-1 Class High-speed Catamaran:
  • Laid down, 10 March 2014, by Austal USA, Mobile, AL.
  • Launched, 30 September 2014
  • Christened USNS Trenton (JHSV-5), 10 January 2015
  • Redesignated Expeditionary Fast Transport, T-EPF-5, 20 January 2015
  • Accepted by the US Navy Military Sealift Command, 13 April 2015
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,670 t.(lt)
    Length 337' 11"
    Beam 93' 6"
    Draft 12' 7"
    Speed 43 kts
    Complement 22 Civilian Mariners, capable of 42
    Troop Capacity
    104 embarked force berths
    312 embarked seating capacity
    Cargo Capacity 600 short tons in 20,000 sq. ft.
    Aircraft Capacity two helicopters (one medium folded in helo parking area and one on deck)
    Propulsion
    four MTU 20V8000 M71L Diesel engines
    four ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears
    four Wartsila WLD 1400 SR waterjets
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    USNS Trenton (JHSV-5)
    Trenton 276k Trenton (JHSV-5) being rolled out of Austal USA’s facility at Mobile, AL., 29 September 2014. Montgomery (LCS-8) is alongside the quay fitting out. In the background at upper right are Jackson (LCS-6) and USNS Fall River (JHSV-4).
    Photo courtesy Austal USA. Caption by Christopher P. Cavas, Intercepts, Defensenews.com    		 Lee Wahler
    Trenton
    140930-N-EW716-001 MOBILE, Ala. (Sept. 30, 2014    		 261k Supported by a small army of transporters, Trenton (JHSV-5) slowly rolls out from Austal USA’s Assembly Bay 3 onto a deck barge, tended by tugs Scott Quest, Mobile Point and Escambia. To save weight and maintenance, the JHSVs are left unpainted.
    US Navy photo 140930-N-EW716-001 MOBILE, Ala. (Sept. 30, 2014)     		Lee Wahler
    Trenton 95k
    Trenton 392k Floatoff completed, Trenton (JHSV-5) is moved by tugs, 30 September 2014, back to the shipyard to complete the fitting-out process.
    Photo courtesy Austal USA. Caption by Christopher P. Cavas, Intercepts, Defensenews.com    		 Lee Wahler
    Trenton
    097710517    		 152k Christening of Trenton (JHSV-5), 10 January 2015, by the ship's sponsor Ms. Virginia A. Kamsky, at Austal USA, Mobile, AL.
    U.S Navy photo    		 Dale Hargrave
    USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5)
    Brunswick 196k Expeditionary Fast Transport vessels, USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) and USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6) moored at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.
    US Navy photo # 160422-N-CX372-010 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (April 22, 2016) by Brian Suriani    		 Lee Wahler
    Trenton 1670k Expeditionary Fast Transport vessels, USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) moored at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.
    US Navy photo # 160422-N-CX372-017 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (April 22, 2016) by Brian Suriani    		 Lee Wahler
    Trenton
    161220-N-OH262-162 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Dec. 20, 2016)    		 216k USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) gets under way from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Trenton: departed Virginia to begin her first forward deployment. Trenton deployed in support military operations in the U.S. Sixth Fleet's area of operations.
    US Navy photo # 161220-N-OH262-162 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Dec. 20, 2016) and 161220-N-OH262-141 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Dec. 20, 2016) by Bill Mesta    		 Lee Wahler
    Trenton
    161220-N-OH262-141 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Dec. 20, 2016)    		 209k
    Trenton 716k USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) entering the port of Piraeus, Greece, 31 January 2017. Photos by George Haralampides
    Trenton 565k
    Trenton 471k USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) moored pierside in the port of Piraeus, Greece, 1 February 2017. Photo by George Haralampides
    Trenton 520k USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) moored pierside in the port of Keratsini, Greece, 6 September 2017. Photo by George Haralampides
    Trenton 387k USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) arrives at Viktor Lenac shipyard in Rijeka, Croatia, 13 September 2017.
    US Navy photo 170913-N-GL340-296 RIJEKA, Croatia (Sept. 13, 2017) by MC2 Michael Feddersen.    		 Lee Wahler
    Trenton 344k USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) arrives at the port of Piraeus Greece, 1 May 2018. Photo by George Haralampides
    Trenton
    097710514    		 294k USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) participates in a photo exercise with the expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB-4) (not pictured) in the Mediterranean Sea, 20 Augsut 2020.
    US Navy photo # 200820-N-AO868-1265 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 20, 2020) by MCSA Conner Foy.    		 Lee Wahler
    Trenton
    097710518    		 199k USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5), left, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG-71), center, and the Moroccan navy Sigma class frigate Allal Ben Abdellah (615), sail in formation to kick off Exercise "African Lion 2021" in the Atlantic Ocean, 11 August 2021.
    Photo U.S. Africa Command. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Posted to Flickr by US Africa Command    		 Robert Hurst
    Trenton
    097710515    		 329k USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) moored pierside at Palma de Mallorca, 18 March 2024. Photos by José Antonio Rodríguez Carreño.
    Trenton
    097710516    		 352k

    For more photos and information about USNS Trenton see;
  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  • Navy Fact File - Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF)
  • US Navy Super Ferry - JHSV-1 Spearhead: What kind of ship is Spearhead? - video
  • Ship Characteristics
  • Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) and Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) Program Overviews
    • Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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