USNS Millinocket (JHSV-3)

USNS Millinocket (ex-Fortitude) (JHSV-3) is the planned fourth, intended to be part of the United States Military Sealift Command and to be built in Mobile, Alabama.

On May 30, 2012, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced in Fall River, Massachusetts that the third Joint High Speed Vessel, previously having been  named Fortitude by the United States Army before the transfer of the JHSV program to the Navy, would be named USNS Millinocket. Since the ship will be operated by the Military Sealift Command and not the United States Navy itself, it will carry the USNS designation and not USS. The ship would become the second U.S. Navy vessel to be named Millinocket, the first being a freighter sunk by a U-boat in 1942.

Capabilities
The JHSV will be able to transport US Army and US Marine Corps company-sized units with their vehicles, or reconfigure to become a troop transport for an infantry battalion. It will have a flight deck for helicopter operations and a loading ramp that will allow vehicles to quickly drive on and off the ship. The ramp will be suitable for the types of austere piers and quay walls common in developing countries. JHSV will have a shallow draft (under 15 ft).