35-556: USNS Spearhead ( JHSV-1/T-EPF-1 ) is the lead ship of the Spearhead -class expeditionary fast transport to be operated by the United States Navy ' s Military Sealift Command . USNS Spearhead was christened on 17 September 2011. Spearhead , and other ships of her class, are built to a modular design that allows them to be rapidly refitted with various equipment within a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m) bay, depending on
70-556: A "clean sweep" of her acceptance trials. Spearhead was formally delivered to the Navy on 5 December 2012, eight months late and $ 31 million over budget. She made her first deployment to Europe and Africa in early 2014, followed by a trip to Latin America. On 7 March 2014, Spearhead visited Liberia , where Marines conducted a rigid-hulled inflatable boat drill. On 12 June 2014, the Spearhead
105-517: A bottle of champagne across Spearhead 's bow. Spearhead , after delivery to the Navy in early 2012, will undergo sea trials and tests, and in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 is planned to begin operations, homeported at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek . She will be crewed by civilian mariners (merchant seaman) from the Military Sealift Command , and her first captain was Douglas D. Casavant Jr. In August 2012 Spearhead made
140-588: A reformation taking place under the auspices of the Government." It was five years before the ten-hour day was extended to all government employees engaged in manual labor; this was accomplished via an executive order by President Martin Van Buren on 31 March 1840. The Naval Aircraft Factory was established at the League Island site in 1917. Just after of the end World War I , a 350-ton capacity hammerhead crane
175-453: Is a large mixed-use campus where nearly 15,000 people are employed by more than 120 companies representing a mix of industries, including cell therapy production facilities, global fashion companies, and a commercial shipyard. The U.S. Navy still operates a Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility and a few engineering activities at the site. The yard has its origins in a commercial shipyard founded in 1776 on Philadelphia 's Front Street on
210-671: Is now the site of 120 companies with 10,000 employees. New businesses continue to be attracted to the campus, and existing ones expand. Clothing retailer and manufacturer Urban Outfitters consolidated its Philadelphia headquarters on the site. Tasty Baking Company , makers of Tastykakes , has moved their bakery to the 26th Street side of The Yard. Other occupants include Rittenhouse Ventures, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Rhoads Industries Inc. in Navy Building 57, Energy Efficient Buildings Hub (EEB Hub), RevZilla.com , and Mark Group, Inc. In January 2013, PIDC announced its intention to increase
245-425: Is powered by four MTU 20V8000 M71L engines, each with a power of 9.1 megawatts (12,200 hp), driving four Wärtsilä WLD 1400 SR waterjets through ZF 60000NR2H reduction gears. This allows for a maximum speed of 43 knots (49 mph; 80 km/h) and a service speed of 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h). There are also facilities for one helicopter. Construction of Spearhead began on 22 July 2010, when
280-660: The Adelaide class in Royal Australian Navy service. Philadelphia Naval Yard The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was the first United States Navy shipyard and was historically important for nearly two centuries. Construction of the original Philadelphia Naval Shipyard began during the American Revolution in 1776 at Front and Federal Streets in what is now the Pennsport section of Philadelphia. In 1871, it
315-517: The Delaware River ; it was designated an official United States Navy site in 1801. From 1812 until 1865, it was a large ship production center. The first ship launched to the water was the USS Franklin . This event was watched by more than 50,000 spectators. The rapid development of other shipbuilding companies pledged Philadelphia to improve production processes. This was the first shipyard in
350-723: The United States Navy reserve fleets , the fleet "mothballed" ships and submarines. Many of the ships in the fleet were reactivated for the Korean War and some for the Vietnam War . The control of the reserve fleet was later transferred to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF). The USS Chandeleur (AV-10) was used as a barracks ship for the crew at the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia. The City of Philadelphia became
385-620: The City of Philadelphia; its offices are now located at The Navy Yard. A comprehensive master plan was completed in 2004 to redeveloped the former industrial yard to a mixed-use campus. It proposed adaptive reuse of some Navy buildings as office space; maintenance of buildings and campus elements with strong historic interest, such as the Navy Yard Marine Parade Grounds; and construction of new buildings for offices and other purposes as needed for new tenants. This construction has been in
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#1732855568850420-490: The Navy late in the design phase to save weight has resulted in a weakened bow structure. The first five ships in the class will need to be returned to Austal to have upgrades done to improve the superstructure, at a cost of $ 1.2M each. The remaining ships which are still in various stages of construction will be upgraded as well. From July to October 2018, Spearhead deployed to the Caribbean, South and Central America as part of
455-554: The Navy's annual Southern Partnership Station (SPS) 2018. SPS is a project with regional partner nations to conduct subject matter expert exchanges and contribute to water well construction projects. SPS 2018 saw Spearhead visit Panama, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, and Trinidad and Tobago. During the summer of 2019, Spearhead was part of a Navy project to test the EPF design as a drone mothership with various unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). As of 1 October 2020, Spearhead ' s status
490-529: The change was applicable only to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. On 29 August 1836, a committee of Philadelphia Navy Yard mechanics appealed to President Andrew Jackson to extend the law, "The Committee are sure that if the example is set in Philadelphia it will be [illegible] required in other places and they will not attempt to disguise the pleasure it would give them as Citizens and as Workingmen to see
525-562: The facility operational, and the planned closing was unsuccessfully litigated to the US Supreme Court in Dalton v. Specter . When the yard finally closed in 1995, it cost the region 7,000 jobs. This followed years in which the region had lost industrial jobs to restructuring and movement of manufacturing overseas. US Senator Arlen Specter charged that the Department of Defense did not disclose
560-515: The following acknowledgment "I would respectfully observe – Seems to be inevitable, sooner or later, for as the working man are seconded by all the Master workmen, city councils etc. there is no probability they will secede from their demands." Their petition was granted and on 31 August 1835 the president ordered the Secretary of the Navy to grant the ten-hour work day, effective 3 September 1835. However,
595-530: The landlord and owner of the League Island site in March 2000, when the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (PAID) took title to roughly 1,000 acres from the Navy. Today, the site is operated as a mixed-use industrial park under the name "The Navy Yard". The Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC) manages the planning, operation, and development of The Navy Yard on behalf of PAID and
630-528: The lead ship are likely to be incorporated into the design or construction of later ships in the class, so it is rare to have vessels that are identical. The second and later ships are often started before the first one is completed, launched and tested. Nevertheless, building copies is still more efficient and cost effective than building prototypes , and the lead ship will usually be followed by copies with some improvements rather than radically different versions. The improvements will sometimes be retrofitted to
665-488: The lead ship. Occasionally, the lead ship will be launched and commissioned for shakedown testing before following ships are completed, making the lead ship a combination of template and prototype, rather than expending resources on a prototype that will never see actual use. Ship classes are typically named in one of two ways; echoing the name of the lead ship, such as the Pennsylvania -class battleships , whose lead ship
700-443: The mission at hand. Spearhead is planned for non-combat missions, such as transportation of troops or equipment. Spearhead is 103 meters (338 ft) long and 28.5 meters (94 ft) in beam, and has a draft of 3.83 meters (12.6 ft). She has space for 41 crewmembers, though under normal conditions will sail with 22, as well as sleeping accommodations for up to 150 people and an additional 312 seats for troop transport. She
735-519: The number of apartments on site for employees (near 1,000) and additional infrastructure development. This is made possible by the public financing of shipyards and investments of private companies. According to the plan for 2013, the number of employees at the shipyard amount to around 30,000 people. In March 2013, the Canadian Pacific – Bulkmatic Transport transload site on Langley Ave was closed. The Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia hosts
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#1732855568850770-516: The official report on the closing. This resulted in a controversy that led to further legal disputes, but no actions. Since its transfer from the government to the City of Philadelphia, the west end of property has been leased to Aker Kværner , a tanker and commercial shipbuilding firm. Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia opened at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1946 to store the many surplus ships after World War II. As part of
805-625: The section called the Corporate Center. As of 2010, US Navy activities include Naval Support Activity Philadelphia , the Naval Surface Warfare Center Ship Systems Engineering Station, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic Public Works Department Pennsylvania (NAVFAC MIDLANT PWD PA), and the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF). This last stores decommissioned and mothballed warships and auxiliary naval vessels. The Navy Yard
840-672: The ship's keel was laid at the Austal facility in Mobile, Alabama in a ceremony that included officials from the US Navy, the US Army, the state of Alabama and the city of Mobile. At the time, Spearhead was intended for service with the US Army in the 7th Sustainment Brigade as USAV Spearhead . Spearhead was launched on 8 September 2011, though she did not enter the water until several days later; her launch
875-560: The workday in the Philadelphia Navy Yard was sunrise to sunset, with time off for breakfast. In the summer of 1835 Philadelphia Navy Yard shipwrights, joiners and other workers led the effort to reduce the workday by combining the direct action of a strike, with political pressure to the executive branch. After first seeking workday reduction by a request to the Secretary of the Navy via shipyard Commandant Commodore James Barron, on 29 August 1835 they appealed directly to President Andrew Jackson . Commodore Barron endorsed his workers' request with
910-498: The workforce dropped to 12,000, as the Navy stabilized its fleet. In the 1960s, the Navy began to contract with private companies to construct new ships. The yard built its last new ship, the command ship Blue Ridge , in 1970. Because of foreign competition and reduced needs due to the end of the Cold War , the defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended closure of the yard in 1991. The city and state struggled to keep
945-474: The world to use floating dry docks in the building process to improve an operating time of the ships. After the advent of ironclad warships made the site obsolete, new facilities were built in 1871 on League Island at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Beginning in the early 19th century, many Philadelphia workers agitated for a reduction in the arduous twelve-hour workday. Prior to 1835,
980-606: The yard employed 40,000 people who built 53 ships and repaired 574. During this period, the yard built the famed battleship New Jersey and its 45,000-ton sister ship, Wisconsin . In the Naval Laboratory, Philip Abelson developed the liquid thermal diffusion technique for separating uranium-235 for the Manhattan Project . The memorial chapel to the Four Chaplains is located on the grounds. After World War II,
1015-576: The yard for the war effort. The U.S. Navy ended most of its activities at the shipyard in the 1990s, closing the base after recommendations by the Base Realignment and Closure commission. In 2000, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, acquired it and began to redevelop the land. First called Philadelphia Naval Business Center , it is now known as The Navy Yard . It
1050-613: Was USS Pennsylvania , and the Olympic class , whose lead ship was RMS Olympic , or defining a theme by which vessels in the class are named, as in the Royal Navy 's Tribal-class frigates , named after tribes of the world, such as HMS Mohawk . If a ship class is produced for another navy, the first active unit will become the lead ship for that navy; for example, the Oliver Hazard Perry -class frigates are known as
1085-649: Was changed to "Inactive, Reduced Operating Status". As of October 2022, she has been moored at the Philadelphia Naval Yard . [REDACTED] Media related to IMO 9647992 at Wikimedia Commons Lead ship The lead ship , name ship , or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships that are all constructed according to the same general design . The term is applicable to naval ships and large civilian vessels. Large ships are very complex and may take five to ten years to build. Improvements based on experience with building and operating
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1120-420: Was conducting routine testing off the coast of Key West . In the early morning, lightning struck an aerostat that was tethered to the vessel. The strike caused the aerostat to deflate and land in the water, where it sank. During operations in 2015, Spearhead experienced bow damage from rough seas requiring more than $ 500,000 (USD) in repairs. It was determined that a design change that Austal recommended to
1155-849: Was ordered for the yard. Manufactured in 1919 by the McMyler-Interstate Company in Bedford, Ohio , the crane was called the League Island Crane by its builder. Weighing 3,500 tons, the crane was shipped to the yard in sections. At the time, it was the world's largest crane. For many years, the "League Island Crane" was the Navy's largest crane. Mustin Field opened at the Naval Aircraft Factory in 1926 and operated until 1963. The shipyard's greatest period came in World War II , when
1190-468: Was replaced by a new, much larger yard developed around facilities on League Island , at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. The Navy Yard expansion stimulated the development over time of residences and businesses in South Philadelphia , where many shipyard workers lived. During World War II , some 40,000 workers operated on shifts around the clock to produce and repair ships at
1225-474: Was the moving of the vessel from the shed where she was constructed onto a floating drydock . At the time, she was scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in early 2012, a delay from the original target of September 2011. Spearhead was christened on 17 September 2011. Her sponsor was a former army officer, Kenneth Wahlman; as part of the ceremony, his daughter Catherine Wahlman (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Corps of Cadets class of 2013) broke
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