Austal USA floats out US Navy’s final EPF USNS Lansing
Shipbuilding company Austal USA has launched the US Navy’s final expeditionary fast transport, future USNS Lansing (EPF 16).
Credit: Austal USAThe launching ceremony took place in Mobile, Alabama, on February 25, 2026. During this launch process, self-propelled modular transporters (SPMT) lifted the ship almost three feet and moved it approximately 400 feet onto a deck barge moored adjacent to the final assembly bay.
The barge moved the ship downriver, where the ship was placed in a floating dry dock.
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