The document discusses the U.S. Marine Corps' maritime prepositioning ships and strategy. It outlines plans to enhance capabilities through the use of roll-on/roll-off cargo ships coupled with mobile landing platforms. These platforms will provide increased throughput and selective offload capabilities. The mobile landing platform is described as providing vehicle transfer between prepositioning ships and shore via landing craft air cushion vehicles. The first mobile landing platform, the USNS Montford Point, is discussed as being near completion.

1. Marine Corps
Seabasing
“Assured Access for the 21st Century”
February 2013
(Excerpts focused on
Prepositioning Ships)
Jim Strock
Director, Seabasing Integration Division
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Combat Development & Integration
Quantico, Virginia 22134
703-784-6094
UNCLASSIFIED james.strock@usmc.mil

2. Maritime Prepositioning Ships
T- AKE LMSR
T- AK
MLP
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3. MPF Enhancement Strategy
• Roll-on roll-off cargo ships, coupled with mobile landing
platforms, provide key enabling capabilities to fully leverage
existing MPS capabilities
– Selective offload
• Increased ship stowage capacity allows for reconfigured loads across
MPSRON for selective offload
– In-stream offload of Large, Medium Speed RO/RO (LMSR) with
Mobile Landing Platform (MLP)
– Increased connector lift capacity with MLP
– Increased ship-to-shore throughput
T-AKE LMSR MLP
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4. Mobile Landing Platform (MLP)
34 berths • LMSR skin-skin moored
Skin-to-skin ramp alongside MLP
and fenders
• Vehicles transfer from LMSR to
MLP via side port ramp and
onto LCACs
• LCACs maneuver forces ashore
Utility Services
(limited) for
accommodation FLO/FLO
barges/modules
25,000 ft2
elevated vehicle
stowage deck module Tankage capacities
100,000 gal Potable Water/
3 LCAC lanes 380,000 gal JP5
with services 15 knots,
9,500 nm
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5. MPF Mobile Landing Platform
(MLP)
Date Updated: 1-24-13
Platform Capability/Capacities
Speed / Range / Life 15 Kts @ 85% MCR / 9,500 nm / 40 yrs
Draft (Full) 30.11 ft
Crew 34 MSC
LMSR Embarked Landing Force / C2 - DSN, VOIP, SIPR, NIPR
Surge - N/A
Medical Capability - 258 ft2 (Isolation only)
Mass Casualty/Receiving - N/A
Potable Water 100,000 gal; 25,000 gal production per day
Surface Interface Point 3
Well Deck Capacity 3 (limited service) LCAC spots / skin to skin fendering
Flight Deck (Spots; Level, Class) - (1) Operating Spot, USCG NCIV 9-81 Certified
Elevators (Aircraft/Cargo) - N/A
Aircraft Parking (Hangar, etc) - N/A
MLP Ramp 1 LMSR Veh side port; 1 Portable Veh access
25,000 ft2 exposed (Ro/Ro)
Vehicle Square (Net) / Pre-boat
Cargo Cube (Net) - N/A
Lifting Capability (lbs) (1) 11 ston mission crane, (2) 5.5 ston stores cranes
Cargo Fuel (JP5) 380,000 gal (LCAC Ops/Cargo fuel)
Motor Gasoline - N/A
Sea State Operations Vehicle Transfer Sea State 3 (skin to skin)
Program Status Planning Factors
• Employment of Forces: Will provide enhanced throughput capability • PMS 385 Program Manager: CAPT Henry Stevens
for the MPF. Will facilitate delivery of vehicles, equipment, personnel henry.stevens@navy.mil Comm. # (202)781-1187
and supplies between Sea base and restricted access location
ashore. • Develop a modified repeat design using the Alaska Class BP
• Compressed Acquisition planning: tanker as parent.
– Modify Capabilities Development Document (CDD) Increment 1 • Complete System Design in 5 months.
• R3B MLP Flight 0 Program Strategy/Schedule/Funding (3 Dec 09) • Maintain existing MLP contract with NASSCO to provide
• CDD development/requirements finalization (4Dec09 – 20Jan10) solution.
• CDD Navy Staffing (5 Feb 10): plan for a single pass at 1-Star level • Execute FY10 ($120M) to provide Long-lead material.
with final comments submitted 21 days.
• Gate 3 R3B late in (Apr 10). • Three vessels are budgeted for in the PR-11 budget funding in
• MLP OA (8-10 Aug 11, ) FY11, and FY12. With the disestablishment of MPSRON 1, MLP
– JROC approval of Inc 1 CDD revision by (Jun 10) to support FY10 3 will transition to an AFSB variant.
AP and subsequent MLP construction award. • MLP 1 and 2 contract award May 2011.
– Milestone B (FY11) Production Readiness Review May 2011 • MLP 1 currently 95% complete
• MLP 1 & MLP 2 are scheduled-available for tasking in FY15. • MLP 2 currently 37% complete

6. USNS Montford Point (MLP 1)
Power Point: August 2009, Under Contract: May 2011
Keel Laying: January 2012, Launch: November 2012 6

7. MPF T-AKE: Selective Offload
Plus Operational Reach
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8. Maritime Prepositioning
Capability
MPSRON 2 MPSRON 3 GUAM
DIEGO GARCIA / SAIPAN
LMSR LMSR LMSR LMSR
SISLER SEAY DAHL PILILAAU
LMSR T-AKE T-AKE
T-AK
STOCKHAM LEWIS & CLARK LUMMUS SACAGAWEA
T-AK T-AK T-AK T-AK
BUTTON LOPEZ WILLIAMS BOBO
% of MEB 30-day requirement % of MEB 30-day requirement
MLP
Square feet 71% MLP
Square feet 67%
20-foot containers 61% 20-foot containers 67%
MONTFORD POINT Fuel 37% GLENN (ROS) Fuel 50%
Water 13% Water 15%
Average squadron capacity is 69% of MEB square-foot lift requirement
UNCLASS 8

9. Seabasing….So What’s Next?
JLOTS
? ?
Integration of
Joint, TRANSCOM &
Multinational Capabilities
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