Gulf Island Shipyard held a keel laying eventOct 30 for the future USNS Navajo (T-ATS 6), the lead ship of the Navy’s brand-new course of Towing, Salvage, and also Rescue vessels (Photo: UNITED STATENavy)
Gulf Island Shipyard held a keel laying event onOct 30 for the future USNS Navajo ( T-ATS 6), the lead ship of the Navy’s brand-new course of Towing, Salvage, and also Rescue vessels. The event was held at the Houma Terrebonne Civic Center in Houma, La.
On hand to validate the keel were Jocelyn Billy, the ship’s enroller; the Honorable Jonathan Nez, President of Navajo Nation; and also the Honorable Seth Damon, the Speaker of the 24th Navajo Nation Council.
“We are honored to have so many members of Navajo Nation in attendance to celebrate this early milestone in the shipbuilding process,” stated Mike Kosar, assistance ships, watercrafts and also craft program supervisor, at the Navy’sProgram Executive Office Ships “These ships are critical to the operations of our fleet, and will soon sail with the resilience and determination of the Navajo people of which they honor.”
The Navajo- course will certainly offer ocean-going yank, salvage, and also rescue abilities to sustain fleet procedures. The present abilities are given by 3 T-ATF 166 and also 2 T-ARS 50 course ships, which get to completion of their anticipated life span beginning in 2020.
Navajo- course ships will certainly can lugging united state Navy ships and also will certainly have 6,000 square feet of deck area for begun systems. The system will certainly be 263 feet long, have a beam of light of 59 feet, and also can bring a lots of 1,796 loads.
In enhancement to T-ATS 6, Gulf Island Shipyard is under agreement for the information style and also building and construction of the future USNS Cherokee Nation ( T-ATS 7) and also USNS Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek ( T-ATS 8).
