Navajo-class (T-ATS) Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship. (Image: US Navy)

Austal USA wins contract to design U.S. Navy T-ATS

Austal USA has taken a step forward in its plans to build steel vessels. It has won a $3.6 million functional design contract to prepare for construction of Navajo-class Towing, Salvage and

Gulf Island to build two more T-ATS vessels

Gulf Island Shipyards LLC, Houma, La., has beem awarded a $129,925,080 modification to a previously awarded contract to exercise options for the construction of two additional towing, salvage and rescue ships (T-ATS)

Gulf Island lays keel for T-ATS lead ship

Gulf Island Shipyard held a keel laying ceremony on Oct. 30 for the future USNS Navajo (T-ATS 6), the lead ship of the Navy’s new class of Towing, Salvage, and Rescue vessels.