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General Characteristics Crew List Memorabilia Image Gallery to end of page USNS NEWPORT at Baltimore, Md., on September 7, 2022. Photo by Michael Jenning. |  |
USNS NEWPORT is the 12th SPEARHEAD - class Expeditionary Fast Transport and the fourth ship in the Navy named after Newport, Rhode Island.
| General Characteristics: | Awarded: September 15, 2016 |
| Keel laid: January 29, 2019 | |
| Launched: February 20, 2020 | |
| Delivered: September 2, 2020 | |
| Builder: Austal USA, Mobile, Al. | |
| Propulsion system: four MTU 20V8000 M71L diesel engines, four ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears | |
| Propellers: four Wartsila WLD 1400 SR waterjets | |
| Length: 337.9 feet (103 meters) | |
| Beam: 93.5 feet (28.5 meters) | |
| Draft: 12.5 feet (3.83 meters) | |
| Displacement: approx. 2,460 tons full load | |
| Speed: 43 knots | |
| Aircraft: helicopter platform only | |
| Capacity: 312 troops, 600 short tons, 20,000 square feet | |
| Armament: four M2 .50caliber machine guns | |
| Crew: 22 civilian mariners (up to 42 crew possible) |
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This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USNS NEWPORT. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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USNS NEWPORT Image Gallery:
The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the NEWPORT arriving at Baltimore, Md., on September 7, 2022, to participate in the Maryland Fleet Week.
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The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the NEWPORT during an open ship event at Baltimore, Md., on September 8, 2022.
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