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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