![The official christening moment happened when the ship's -sponsors, Melonie Tibbs and Cecilia Marshall, granddaughters of Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Alissa Kamens, Marshall’s granddaughter-in-law, broke a bottle of champagne against the ship’s hull. [Photo: NASSCO]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/55318452994_f4f583a0bb_o-300x225.jpg)
NASSCO christens USNS Thurgood Marshall
General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, last week christened and launched the USNS Thurgood Marshall (T-AO 211), the seventh ship in U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command fleet oiler program. The ship is named
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![John Lewis class oiler seen during sea trials departing San Diego. [Photo: GD NASSCO]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/General_Dynamics_T_AO_209-300x225.jpg)
Navy awards GD NASSCO $856M for T-AO 217 construction
General Dynamics NASSCO reports that it has received funding of $856 million for the construction of T-AO 217. The ship is part of the San Diego shipbuilder’s current block buy contract from
MSC awards Vigor and Detyens T-AO contracts
Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, and Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., have each been awarded contracts by Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, Va., for work on fleet replenishment oiler (T-AO) vessels. Vigor
Vancouver Shipyards awarded CAD 2.4 billion Joint Support Ship contract
The Government of Canada has awarded a performance-based National Shipbuilding Strategy contract to Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards for the full construction of two joint support ships (JSS). Valued at CAD 2.4 billion (about
TAO-205 oilers to have Rolls-Royce propellers and gensets
OCTOBER 17, 2016 — Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply diesel generators, propellers and shaft lines for the U.S. Navy’s new T-AO 205 class of fleet oilers, the John Lewis Class,