USNS Fall River is the fourth Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, which is part of the United States Military Sealift Command. |
It is more than 103m long and 28.5m wide. Its speed is around 80km per hour. |
The ship has a flight deck for helicopter operations and a loading ramp that allows vehicles to quickly drive on and off the ship. |
It has 312 crew, 104 of whom participate in PP17 |
The hospital ship Khanh Hoa 01, or HQ561, of the Vietnam army medical corps, joins the PP17 together with the US, UK, Australia and Japan. |
PP17 is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. |
