At a glance
- Company
- Austal Limited
- Ticker
- ASX: ASB
- Location
- Mobile, Alabama
Key figures
- Delivered vessel
- EPF-14
- Operating rooms aboard Cody
- 2
- RHIB length supported
- 11 metre
- EPF fleet position
- 14th
- Additional EPFs under construction
- two more (15 and 16)
- Ship length
- 103 metre
People
- Paddy GreggAustal Limited Chief Executive Officer
Products and programs
January 12, 2024 -- Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that USNS Cody (EPF-14) has been delivered to the United States Navy.
Constructed at Austal USA’s Mobile Alabama shipyard, EPF-14 is the first ‘Flight II’ Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ship that features enhanced medical facilities and naval medicine afloat capabilities that will provide critical combat care in austere and contested operating environments.
Austal Limited Chief Executive Officer Paddy Gregg said the ‘Flight II’ EPF’s provide a Role 2E medical capability that allows surgeons to perform medical procedures in an onboard operating suite, underway.
“Cody is the US Navy’s first EPF to include enhanced medical facilities that enable a broader range of surgical procedures to be undertaken at sea, with 2 operating rooms and an onboard pharmacy, blood bank and laboratory to support missions,” Mr Gregg said.
“The Flight II variants also have the added capability to support V-22 Osprey flight operations and launch and recover 11 metre RHIB’s.”
Austal USA and the Navy’s Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) program team successfully completed acceptance trials of EPF 14 in the Gulf of Mexico in December 2023, involving the execution of intense, comprehensive tests of the ships major systems and equipment while underway. USNS Cody is the 14th EPF ship to join the United States Military Sealift Command’s global fleet.
Austal USA is currently constructing two more EPF’s (15 and 16) at the Mobile, Alabama shipyard.
The 103 metre Spearhead-class EPF ships are currently providing high-speed, high-payload transport capability and logistics support to United States Navy Fleet and Combatant Commanders around the world; and are representative of Austal USA’s diversified portfolio which includes surface combatants and auxiliaries, submarine modules and autonomous vessels.
This ASX announcement has been approved and authorised for release by Paddy Gregg, Austal Limited’s Chief Executive Officer.
Austal USA has delivered the USNS Cody (EPF-14) to the United States Navy (Image: Austal USA)
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In brief
Austal Limited says it has delivered USNS Cody (EPF-14) to the United States Navy. Built at Austal USA’s Mobile, Alabama, shipyard, the vessel is the first Flight II Expeditionary Fast Transport and includes enhanced medical facilities intended to support care at sea. The company says these facilities include two operating rooms, a pharmacy, blood bank and laboratory, enabling a broader range of surgical procedures underway. Flight II ships can also support V-22 Osprey flight operations and launch and recover 11-metre RHIBs, according to Austal. Acceptance trials for EPF-14 took place in the Gulf of Mexico in December 2023. Cody is the 14th EPF in the Military Sealift Command fleet. Austal USA is building two additional EPF vessels, numbered 15 and 16, at its Mobile shipyard.
Key takeaways
- Austal announced delivery of USNS Cody (EPF-14) to the United States Navy.
- Cody is the first Flight II EPF, with enhanced medical facilities for onboard care.
- Acceptance trials took place in the Gulf of Mexico in December 2023.
- Austal USA is constructing EPF-15 and EPF-16 in Mobile, Alabama.
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