U.S. Navy accepts delivery of USNS Lucy Stone
NAVSEA reports that the John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209) was delivered to the Navy, Dec. 16. The delivery marks the official transfer of the ship from shipbuilder
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Navy accepts delivery of USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208)
The Navy took delivery of the fourth ship in the John Lewis-class fleet oiler program, the USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208) from shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO on Dec. 10. Delivery followed
Alabama Shipyard wins $11.4 million USNS Kanawha contract
USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196), one of the Military Sealift Command fleet oilers that has been deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in the Red Sea, is headed for Alabama
Detyens wins $16.4 million MSC contract
Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $16,485,523 firm-fixed-price contract for a 70-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command’s Henry J. Kaiser class fleet
Alabama Shipyard wins $8.7 million MSC contract
Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded an $8,698,054 firm-fixed-price contract for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS
First ship in new fleet oiler class starts trials
USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, conducted initial builder’s trials and returned to port, February 4, reports Naval Seas Systems Command
VIDEO: NASSCO christens future USNS Harvey Milk
The General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego christened and launched the future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), November 6. The ship is the second in the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet
Vigor awarded $21.5 million MSC contract
Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $21,543,401 firm-fixed-price contract for a 76-calendar day shipyard availability. The work to be performed provides services for the regular overhaul availability and dry-docking
Fairbanks Morse to power new T-AO 205 fleet oilers
AUGUST 2, 2016 — Fairbanks Morse, an EnPro Industries company (NYSE: NPO), is to supply the main propulsion diesel engines for the USNS John Lewis, the lead ship in the U.S. Navy’s
VIDEO: Davie makes progress with Project Resolve
MAY 12, 2016 — Chantier Davie Canada Inc. has released a video that, it says, is first in a multi-episode series about Canada’s next Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment Ship. The ship is being