Keel-laying ceremonies were held recently for the Henry J. Kaiser (TAO 187), the first of four fleet oilers currently under construction for the U.S. Navy at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans. The keel-laying occurred almost six weeks ahead of schedule and consisted of six structural units totally outfitted, final painting, welded in place and weighing over 700 tons.
The mission of the T-AO 187 Class Fleet Oilers is to transport bulk petroleum products from shore depots to combatants and support forces underway and to deliver limited fleet freight, cargo water, mail and personnel. The vessels of this class will have a cargo oil capacity of 180,000 barrels in 18 cargo oil tanks and will be capable of simultaneously receiving, storing and discharging two separate grades of cargo fuel (JP-5 and DFM). All cargo pump and valve operations and the ship's segregated ballast system are to be controlled from the cargo control center which is located in the after superstructure with an overview of the entire underway replenishment (UNREP) deck. The T-AO 187 class vessels are capable of vertical replenishment (VERTREP) from a helicopter facility behind the aft superstructure.
The oilers will be 667 feet 6 inches in length, 97 feet 6 inches in beam and will have a 36-foot maximum draft. They will be powered by twin, medium-speed Pielstick diesel engines and will be capable of a service speed of 20 knots.
The Henry J. Kaiser is scheduled for delivery in September 1986 with her three sister ships following at four month intervals. The ahead-ofschedule keel-laying and its extent are attributable to the use at Avondale Shipyards of state-of-the-art zone outfitting construction techniques.
Keel-laying at Avondale signals the start of the erection of completely outfitted units whose fabrication was begun many months earlier.
Avondale Shipyards, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ogden Corporation.
a series of five fleet oilers under construction for the U.S. Navy by Avondale Shipyards, a division of Avondale Industries, Inc., was christened USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187) in recent ceremonies at the yard near New Orleans. Named for the late Henry J. Kaiser, founder of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical
option in its contract with the Shipyards Division of Avondale Industries, Inc. for the construction of another fleet oiler of the T-AO-187 (Henry J. Kaiser) Class. This latest award, worth $101 million, brings to six the number of-oilers building or under contract at the Avondale yard, at
Inc., New Orleans, La., was recently awarded a $319-million contract by the U.S. Navy to construct three T-AO-187 Class fleet oilers. Each of the Henry J. Kaiser Class oilers will have a displacement of 40,700 tons, length of 677-1/2 feet, and beam of 97-1/2 feet. According to Avondale chairman and
of proposals from a number of manufacturers. Bird-Johnson is supplying the CP propeller systems for the 11 previously contracted T-AO-187 Henry J. Kaiser Class oilers. The nickel-aluminum-bronze blades will be manufactured at Bird-Johnson's Pascagoula, Miss., propeller foundry. Assembled
. The mission of the tankeroiler ships will be to fuel other ships at sea. The Navy program has begin with the building of two ships, the USS Henry J. Kaiser and the USS Joshua Humpheries at Avondale Shipyards. A total of seven ships out of a possible 20 overall are, or will be, in the building
,745 tons, are equipped with four medium-speed Colt-Pielstick diesel engines for a total ship's horsepower of 33,000. Additionally, each of the Navy's Henry J. Kaiser Class (T-AO-187) oilers are powered by two 10-cylinder PC4.2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines manufactured by the Fairbanks Morse Division
submarine carrying 24 missile tubes for Trident C4 ballistic missiles, capable of conducting 100-day long submerged strategic deterrent patrols. USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730), Bangor, WA USS Alabama (SSBN 731), Bangor, WA USS Alaska (SSBN 732), Kings Bay, GA USS Nevada (SSBN 733), Bangor, WA USS
, including a segregated ballast system, an inert gas system, sewage treatment system, collision avoidance radar and a back-up steering system. HENRY J. KAISER Avondale The first in a series of six replenishment fleet oilers, the Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187), under construction for the U.S. Navy
, and provide employment for approximately 2,000 Avondale workers. During the past year, Avondale launched the first two ships in the program—the Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187) and the Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188). The fourth ship in the program, the Andrew J. Higgins (T-A0-I90), is scheduled to be
The second in a series of six fleet oilers of the Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO- 187) Class under a contract with the U.S. Navy by the Shipyards Division of Avondale Industries, Inc., was christened the Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) in recent ceremonies at the yard. She is scheduled for delivery in December
for oil module fabrication projects. Yard Rehabilitation Nears Completion A major rehabilitation of the older portion of PSRY that dates back to Henry J. Kaiser World War II shipbuilding is about 75 percent complete, according to Mr. Alvis. Started in 1982, the $10-million rehabilitation project
is not working in a silo and that prototype stays a prototype.” MARINE Watch Marine TECHNOLOGY Technology TV’s full TV video interview with Synchro’s Henry Ruhl and Amy West here: Or visit: oceansynchro.io Photo copyright Thom Maughan MBARI 2023 www.marinetechnologynews.com 27 MTR #8 (18-33).indd
to commercialization has always been fraught with hurdles and sinkholes. Synchro is a new co-designed testbed to synchronize and evolve tech solutions. Henry Ruhl, Director, and Amy West, Program Manager of Synchro discuss with the possibilities for technology developers. – By Greg Trauthwein s anyone in
technology. [email protected] Read our interview with Massa starting on page 30. The other story I found of particular interest was my interview with Henry Ruhl and Corporate Staff Amy West of Synchro. Synchro is a program designed to help take subsea technology Manager, Marketing Mark O’Malley from
maritime energy searchers, industry leaders and academics. Among the par- infrastructure, which is vulnerable to a range of well-known ticipants are Dr. Henry Willis of the RAND Corporation, a risks and threats, including terrorist attacks, piracy and natural senior policy researcher and a professor in
exports travel through aptation for Maritime Transportation Infrastructure – inland waterways. Disruptions to this collective maritime Moderator, Dr. Henry Willis, RAND Corporation system would have serious impacts on the nation’s economy Maritime transportation infrastructure is threatened by nu- and
panels replenishment oilers will eventually comprise twenty ships and in a highly automated production line. These features improve will replace the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oilers now capacity, quality, accuracy, cycle time and produce lighter, more in service. energy ef? cient ships
the duties on ed Alexandra Cattelan as its chief tech- June 18, 2021. nology of? cer. Wagner Berthelot Högberg Named President of HII Hires Choi as VP Henry Choi has joined HII’s Mission Volvo Penta NA Technologies division as vice president Fredrik Högberg will take up the po- sition of president of
on the U.S. East, West and Gulf coasts, and in the Caribbean. Elsewhere in recent months, Vane has put two 3,000-hp newbuilds into operation: the Cape Henry model-bow tug and Rock Hall square-bow push boat. Both were con- structed at Chesapeake Shipbuilders & Naval Architects in Salisbury, Md. www
trade, it is indispensable to the daily lives of people. This is a wake-up call about the important role that seafarers play.” Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President, World Maritime University © andrej pol/AdobeStock “A Culture of Adjustment” culture of malpractice in terms of recording of hours of
2020 Trends: The Seafarer Seafarers Are Key Workers It’s “All Hands on Deck” @ WMU to Solve the Seafarer Crisis Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President, World Maritime University, discussed the ongoing seafarer crisis plus the new report from WMU, A Culture of Adjustment, which outlines system- ic failures
. This is the time for us to say seafarers are indispensable to world Q trade. You need them to keep your economies a? oat.” Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, President, World Maritime University www.marinelink.com 9 MR #12 (1-17).indd 9 12/4/2020 10:15:43 A
, There are not many adjectives left to Greg Trauthwein [email protected] properly summarize the year 2020. This led by Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Vice President, Sales has been a global situation that I assume president of the World Maritime University, Rob Howard [email protected] most
MarTID the 2020 COVID pandemic are consid- color the results of the 2021 MarTID report, the third in the series, rose 60% ered,” wrote Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, report: “With challenge, comes oppor- versus 2019, and again included insights President, World Maritime University, tunity. With many traditional
World; How Classif cation Can Make a Dif erence. By Rik van Hemmen don’t remember when I discovered that the ? rst appli- Henry Villard, President of the Oregon Railroad and Naviga- cation of lightbulbs occurred at sea rather than ashore. tion Company. Mr. Villard saw the light
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candi- return home following the end of their tions, such as the International Maritime dates from developing countries; and contracts,” said Doumbia-Henry. Organization (IMO), and their i
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interviews. In this edition she pro? les three of 2020’s “Ocean In? uencers” – Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia- Production & Graphic Design Nicole Ventimiglia Henry, Graham Hawkes and Dr. Jyotika Virmani – in addition to delivering a thorougly [email protected] researched feature on the problem of, and potential
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