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USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Mike - Yankee - Alpha
 NMYA
EPF-1 Class Expeditionary Fast Transport:
  • Laid down, 29 March 2016, by Austal USA in Mobile, AL.
  • Christened, 22 August 2016
  • Launched, 17 September 2016
  • Completed acceptance trials, 26 January 2017
  • Accepted by the Navy, 21 April 2017
    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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    Yuma 71k Yuma (T-EPF-8)’s sponsor, former Secretary of Homeland Security and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, headlined the group of Austal officials, naval guests, civic leaders, community members and Austal employees who attended the ceremony beneath the hull of the ship in Austal’s final assembly bay.
    Photo Courtesy Austal USA in Mobile    		 Lee Wahler
    Yuma 75k USS Yuma (T-EPF-8) under way during sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, circa January-April 2017
    Photo Courtesy Austal USA in Mobile    		 Lee Wahler
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    097710810    		 157k USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8) moored pierside at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia Beach VA., 1 July 2017.
    U.S. Navy photo # 170701-N-OH262-002 by Bill Mesta.    		 Robert Hurst
    Yuma 323k USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8) moored at Ponta Delgada, Azores Island in July 2018 Photos by Carlos Manuel Estrela
    Yuma 195k
    Yuma 423k USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8) moored in the port of Keratsini, Greece, 16 August 2018 Photo by George Haralampides
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    097710806    		 306k USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8) tying up at British Naval Base Gibraltar, date unknown.
    FLICKR submitted by columbia107    		 John Spivey
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    210503-N-BW123-001    		 117k USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8) arriving at Rota, Spain, 25 May 2023.
    Military Sealift Command, Europe and Africa photo #'s 210503-N-BW123-001 and 230524-N-N1112-1061    		 Robert Hurst
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    230524-N-N1112-1061    		 174k
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    097710809    		 173k USNS Yuma (T-EPF-8) moors pierside at Durres, Albania, 2 May 2021 to assist JLOTS-21 in intra-theater lift capabilities.
    U.S. Navy USNMSC photo # 210503-N-BW123-001.    		 Robert Hurst

    For more photos and information about USNS Yuma see;
  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
  • 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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