The newest amphibious catamaran of the US Navy entered the Black Sea. A PHOTO

One of the newest US amphibious ships, the catamaran USNS Carson City T-EPF-7, entered the Black Sea on August 15. This was reported by the Turkish website Yörük Işık, writes the publication “Today«.

Photo: twitter / Yörük Işık
@YorukIsik

This ship is the seventh and newest ship of this type. He was accepted into service by the US Navy in June 2016 and participated in the BALTOPS exercises in the Baltic Sea in 2018.

The catamaran can take aboard the Marine Corps battalion and is equipped with a helipad. Its length - 103 meter, width 28,5, sediment 3,8 meter, reaches speeds up to 80 km per hour.

First time on the Bosphorus: @NAVSTA_Rota based @MSCSealift Spearhead class USNS Cars transit Bosphorus fast Black Sea. Turkish coast guard's @damen SAR1906 type vessel TCSG906 escorted the EPF T-EPF-7 #steadypresence #unitedwesail pic.twitter.com/FYrJ7otojB

- Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) August 15

Recall that US President Donald Trump signed defense budget for 2019 year, the total amount of which is 717 billion dollars. The law provides, in particular, for an increase in the monetary allowance of servicemen and measures to contain Russia.

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