Henry J. Kaiser class oiler

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The Henry J. Kaiser class is a class of fleet replenishment oilers which began construction in August of 1984. The class is comprised of eighteen underway replenishment oilers which are operated by Military Sealift Command to provide underway replenishment of fuel to United States Navy combat ships and jet fuel for aircraft aboard aircraft carriers at sea.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Naming 3 General characteristics 4 Ships

[edit] Overview

There are stations on both sides of each ship for underway replenishment of fuel and stores. The ships in this class have a small capacity for fresh and frozen food goods as well as other materials. There are two dry cargo transfer rigs.

USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201), USNS Laramie (T-AO-203), and USNS Rappahannock (T-AO-204) and are equipped with double hulls to meet the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Hull separation is 1.83 m at the sides and 1.98 m on the bottom. Two ships of the class, USNS Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191) and USNS Henry Eckford (T-AO-192), were cancelled prior to completion. Originally contracted with Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company which defaulted on the contract, later work was completed by Tampa Shipyards of American Ship Building Company. Disputes over corrective construction and materials costs resulted in termination of the build contracts for these two vessels.

[edit] Naming

The class is named for industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.

[edit] General characteristics

• Builder: Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
• Power Plant: Two Colt-Pielstick 10 PC4.2 V 570 diesels; 34,442 hp(m) (25.7 MW) sustained; Two shafts; cp props
• Length: 677.5 ft (206.5 m)
• Beam: 97.5 ft (29.7 m)
• Displacement: 40,700 long tons (41,353 metric tons) light; 42,000 long tons (42,674 metric tons) [T-AO-201, 203-204] full load
• Capacity: 180,000; 159,000 [T-AO-201, 203-204] barrels of fuel oil or aviation fuel
• Cargo space: 7,400 ft² of dry stores space, room for 128 pallets in refrigerated stores
• Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
• Aircraft: Helicopter platform only
• Crew: 66 to 89 civilian, 7 to 24 military personnel

[edit] Ships

Photo	Ship	Hull No.	Status	NVR Page
	Henry J. Kaiser	T-AO-187	Reduced operating status as of 2005	AO187
	Joshua Humphreys	T-AO-188	Decommissioned 1996, recommissioned 2005	AO188
	John Lenthall	T-AO-189		AO189
	Andrew J. Higgins	T-AO-190	Inactive, out of service, in reserve as of May 1996	AO190
	Benjamin Isherwood	T-AO-191	Cancelled when 95% complete, transferred to the Maritime Administration, laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet	AO191
	Henry Eckford	T-AO-192	Cancelled when 84% complete, transferred to the Maritime Administration, laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet	AO192
	Walter S. Diehl	T-AO-193		AO193
	John Ericsson	T-AO-194		AO194
	Leroy Grumman	T-AO-195		AO195
	Kanawha	T-AO-196		AO196
	Pecos	T-AO-197		AO197
	Big Horn	T-AO-198		AO198
	Tippecanoe	T-AO-199		AO199
	Guadalupe	T-AO-200		AO200
	Patuxent	T-AO-201		AO201
	Yukon	T-AO-202		AO202
	Laramie	T-AO-203		AO203
	Rappahannock	T-AO-204		AO204

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