This part of the comprehensive briefing by Jim Stock of the USMC Combat Development Command focuses on the connectors or ships that provide the logistics push from the sea. These so-called Maritime Pre-positioning Ships are crucial to the success of the USMC-USN team

1. Marine Corps
Seabasing
“Assured Access for the 21st Century”
October 2012
Jim Strock
Director, Seabasing Integration Division
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Combat Development & Integration
Quantico, Virginia 22134
703-784-6094
UNCLASSIFIED
james.strock@usmc.mill

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
MLP
T-AKE LMSR
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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. USNS Montford Point (MLP 1)
Power Point: August 2009 -- Under Contract: May 2011
Keel Laying: January 2012 -- Projected Launch: November 2012 5

6. MPF T-AKE: Selective Offload
Plus Operational Reach
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7. MPF Squadron Composition
FY13
MPSRON 2 MPSRON 3 GUAM
DIEGO GARCIA / SAIPAN
LMSR LMSR LMSR LMSR
STOCKHAM SISLER
DAHL PILILAAU
LMSR T-AKE T-AKE AMSEA
LUMMUS
LEWIS & CLARK SACAGAWEA
SEAY
AMSEA AMSEA
AMSEA AMSEA
LOPEZ WILLIAMS BOBO
BUTTON
MLP MLP
MONTFORD POINT GLENN
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