180702-N-UN744-0024 ROTA, Spain (July 2, 2019) The Spearhead-class expeditionary transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) departs Rota, Spain for an Africa Partnership Station deployment to the Gulf of Guinea. Carson City is the seventh of nine expeditionary fast transport ships in Military Sealift Command's inventory with a primary mission of providing rapid transport of military equipment and personnel in theater via its 20,000 square foot reconfigurable mission Bay Area and seating for 312 passengers. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Travis Simmons/Released)