USNS ''Trenton'' (JHSV-5/T-EPF-5), (ex-''Resolute'') is the fifth , operated by the

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s Military Sealift Command. ''Spearhead''-class ships are used to support overseas operations, conduct humanitarian aid and disaster relief, and support

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. This type of vessel also has an aviation flight deck and can operate in shallow waters.

Construction and career

''Trenton'' completed acceptance trials on 13 March 2015 and was delivered to the

on 13 April 2015.

June 2018 rescue

On 12 June 2018, ''Trenton'' rescued 40 migrants from a dinghy in the

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off the coast of

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. Twelve people died before they could be picked up. When ''Trenton'', along with

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(NGO) search and rescue (SAR) ships, sought a debarkation port, ''Trenton'' was initially unable to find a port willing to accept the migrants because

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and

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

were engaged in a dispute about the acceptance of migrants. The private NGO ship ''Sea Watch III'' denied ''Trenton''s request to transfer the migrants, fearing to share the fate of the NGO ship , which had been turned away by Italy and Malta two days earlier on 10 June and had to travel to

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instead. ''Trenton'' was spotted waiting for orders off the port of Augusta, Sicily, on 15 June. The 41 individuals were finally accepted by Italy and were handed over to the Italian Coast Guard vessel '' Diciotti'' on 17 June at

Lampedusa Lampedusa ( , , ; scn, Lampidusa ; grc, Λοπαδοῦσσα and Λοπαδοῦσα and Λοπαδυῦσσα, Lopadoûssa; mt, Lampeduża) is the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The ''comune'' of L ...

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