MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's future expeditionary fast transport ship, the USNS Yuma, was launched from the Austal USA shipyard this weekend, the service said.
During a multistep launch process, the ship was moved from the Mobile, Ala., modular manufacturing facility onto a moored docking barge and was submerged for the first time on Saturday, the Naval Sea Systems Command said in a statement.