Deployment of the USNS Spearhead has been delayed because of the weather.
It will now head out first thing tomorrow.
The high speed vessel is the first in a new class.
The Joint Army Navy project can travel safely at 35 knots - that's about 40 miles per hour - and only needs a 22 person crew.
It will primarily be used as a transport ship, packing in as much as 600 tons of equipment.
That could be troops, vehicles or supplies.
The Spearhead will leave from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story on Thursday, headed for the Mediterranean until May.
