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In the Shipyard

Latest Deliveries, Contracts and Designs

Keppel AmFELS delivers LNG-Fueled MV George III awaii-based Pasha Hawaii took delivery of a new lique? ed natu-

H ral gas (LNG)-fueled container- ship from Brownsville, Texas shipbuild- er Keppel AmFELS. The 774-ft. George

III is the ? rst of two new ‘Ohana Class containerships to join Pasha Hawaii’s ? eet, serving the Hawaii/Mainland trade lane. It is said to be the ? rst LNG-pow- ered vessel to fuel on the West Coast and the ? rst to serve Hawaii. Its capacity is 2,525 laden TEUs. The ‘Ohana Class vessels are named in honor of George

Pasha, III and Janet Marie, the late par- ents of The Pasha Group President and

CEO George Pasha, IV, marking three

Image courtesy Pasha generations of service to Hawaii.

General Dynamics NASSCO wins $600m Contract eneral Dynamics NASSCO won $600 million in

U.S. Navy contract modi? cations for long-lead-time

Gmaterial to support construction of the seventh and eighth ships in the John Lewis-class ? eet oiler (T-AO) pro- gram, as well as the sixth ship in the Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program.

The contract modi? cations for long-lead-time material provide $500 million for T-AO 211 and 212, and $100 million for ESB 8.

In 2011, the Navy awarded NASSCO with a contract to design and build the ? rst two ships in the newly created Mobile Landing

Platform (MLP) program, the USNS Montford Point and USNS

John Glenn. The program evolved, adding the USS Lewis B.

Puller, USS Hershel “Woody” Williams and the USS Miguel

Keith, USNS John L. Canley and the USNS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), con? gured and renamed as ESBs. ESBs are highly ? exible platforms designed to support multiple maritime-based missions, including Air Mine Counter Measures (AMCM), Spe-

Image courtesy NASSCO cial Operations Forces (SOF) and limited crisis response. Acting as a mobile sea base, the 784-foot ship has a 52,000 square-foot as the TAO(X). Designed to transfer fuel to U.S. Navy carrier ? ight deck to support MH-53, MH-60, MV-22 tilt-rotor and H1 strike group ships operating at sea, the 742-feet vessels have a aircraft operations. Following the delivery of the ? rst ? ve ships full load displacement of 49,850 tons, with the capacity to carry to the U.S. Navy, the sixth ship, the USNS John L. Canley, was 157,000 barrels of oil, a signi? cant dry cargo capacity, aviation christened on June 25. The USNS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), capability and up to a speed of 20 knots. The ? rst ship, the future the seventh ship, is currently under construction. USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), is scheduled for delivery later

In 2016, the Navy awarded NASSCO with a contract to de- this year. The future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), the future sign and build the ? rst six ships in the next generation of ? eet USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207), and the future USNS Robert F. oilers, the John Lewis-class (T-AO 205), previously known Kennedy (T-AO 208), are currently under construction.

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