Actin? S?c??t??? ?? t?? N?v? T??m?s W. H??k?? ?nn??nc?? J?l? 16 t??t ? ??t??? S????????-cl?ss Ex???iti?n??? F?st T??ns???t (EFP) s?i? will ?? n?m?? t? ??n?? t?? S?n Di??? s??si?? c?mm?nit? ?? P?int L?m?. T?? ??t??? USNS P?int L?m? (T-EPF-15) will ?? t?? s?c?n? n?v?l v?ss?l t? ???? t?is n?m?, t?? ?i?st ??in? ? ???? s??m????nc? s?????t s?i? t??t w?s ??c?mmissi?n?? in 1993. C????ntl?, ?i??t N?v? v?ss?ls ??n?? t?? st?t? ??, ?? ? l?c?ti?n in, C?li???ni?. T?? n?m? s?l?cti?n ??ll?ws t?? n?v?l t???iti?n ?? ??n??in? sm?ll Am??ic?n citi?s ?? c?mm?niti?s wit? ti?s t? t?? N?v?.
“It is m? ??n?? t? ??c??niz? t?? ?n???in? s?????t ?? t?? c?mm?nit? ?n? ??si??nts ?? P?int L?m?, w?? ??? ??n???ti?ns ??v? ???vi??? t?? N?v? ?n? M??in? C???s wit? c?itic?l s?????t ?n? in???st??ct??? int????l t? t?? D????tm?nt ?? t?? N?v?’s missi?n,” s?i? H??k??. “S? m?n? S?il??s ?n? M??in?s ??v? c?ll?? t?is c?mm?nit? ??m?, ?n? lik? I, ? C?li???ni? n?tiv?, ??v? s??n ?n? ??lt t?? s?????t ???m t?is c?mm?nit?. T?? c??w ?? t?? ??t??? USNS P?int L?m? will ??n?? t?is tim?-??n???? ??l?ti?ns?i?, ?n? will c?ntin?? t? s??v? t?is c?mm?nit? ?n? t?? n?ti?n ??? ??n???ti?ns t? c?m?.”
The community of Point Loma has a long-standing naval presence, dating back to 1901 with the establishment of the Naval Coaling Station, La Playa, which later became Naval Supply Center San Diego, Point Loma Annex in 1943. The Naval Training Center San Diego in Point Loma served as a basic training facility for over seven decades, and the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is the site of a monument for sailors killed in a boiler explosion on board USS Bennington (Gunboat No. 4) in 1905.. C????ntl?, N?v?l B?s? P?int L?m? c?m??is?s six inst?ll?ti?ns ?n? ???vi??s s?????t t? 70 U.S. P?ci?ic Fl??t ??l??t ?n? s???? ??s?? t?n?nt c?mm?n?s ????????t???? ?n t?? ??s?.
T?? ??t??? T-EPF-15 is t?? l?st ?? t?? 15 EPFs ?w????? t? t?? N?v?, wit? t?? ?i?st ??liv???? in 2012. T?? N?v? ??s ?cc??t?? ??liv??? ?? 10 EPFs wit? USNS B??lin?t?n (T-EPF 10) ??in? t?? m?st ??c?nt ??liv??? in N?v?m??? 2018. A?st?l USA in M??il?, Al???m?, w?s ?w????? t?? c?nt??ct t? ??il? T-EPF-15 in F??????? 2021. EPFs ??? c?mm??ci?l-??s?? c?t?m???ns ??si?n?? t? ?? ?i??l? c????l? ?n? ????????l?, ?ll?win? ?l?xi?ilit? t? t?? ?l??t wit? t??i? ??ilit? t? ?cc?ss ???s? ???ts wit? minim?l ?xt??n?l ?ssist?nc?. EPFs m?int?in ? v??i?t? ?? ??l?s incl??in? ??m?nit??i?n ?ssist?nc?, m??itim? s?c??it? ?n? ?is?st?? ??li??, ?m?n? ?t???s. T?? v?ss?l is ??si?n?? t? ?????t? in s??ll?w-????t ???ts ?n? w?t??w??s, ?n? incl???s ? ?li??t ??ck ??? ??lic??t?? ?????ti?ns ?n? ?n ???-l??? ??m? t??t ?ll?w v??icl?s t? ??iv? ??? t?? s?i?.
