Graphic representation of a Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Navajo class |
Builders | Gulf Island Fabrication |
Operators | United States Navy |
Preceded by |
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Cost | US$129.9 million |
Planned | 10 |
On order | 10 |
Building | 9 |
Completed | 2 |
Cancelled | 0 |
Active | 1 |
Laid up | 0 |
Lost | 0 |
Retired | 0 |
Preserved | 0 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship |
Displacement | 5,110 long tons (5,190 t) |
Length | 263 ft (80 m) |
Beam | 59 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 17.7 ft (5.4 m) |
Depth | 24.6 ft (7.5 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel: Wartsila 2 x 8L32 at 6308 Hp Each |
Speed | 15.1 knots (28.0 km/h; 17.4 mph) |
Range | 8,170 nmi (15,130 km; 9,400 mi) |
Complement | 65 Total, 23 Crew, 42 Guest |
The Navajo class is a class of Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ships for the Military Sealift Command of the United States Navy. They were ordered in 2017 as the planned replacement for the aging Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ships and Powhatan-class tugboats. A total of ten ships of the class have been planned and none have yet to be put in service.
Eight ships of the class were planned to replace the aging Safeguard-class rescue and salvage ships and Powhatan-class tugboats. They were ordered in 2017 and on 16 March 2018 Gulf Island Fabrication was chosen to construct them. On 26 March 2020, an additional two ships were ordered by the navy. On 19 April 2021, Gulf Island announced that they had sold the contract along with the shipyard to Bollinger Shipyards. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Name | Namesake | Hull number | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Delivered | Active | Status | References |
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Navajo | Navajo Nation | T-ATS-6 | Gulf Island Fabrication | 30 October 2019 | 24 May 2023 | Under construction | [5] [6] [7] [8] | ||
Cherokee Nation | Cherokee Nation | T-ATS-7 | 12 February 2020 | Under construction | [9] | ||||
Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek | Saginaw Chippewa Tribe | T-ATS-8 | 3 October 2022 [10] | Under construction | [11] | ||||
Lenni Lenape | Lenape Nation | T-ATS-9 | Bollinger Shipyards | Under construction | [12] | ||||
Muscogee Creek Nation | Muscogee Nation | T-ATS-10 | Under construction | [5] [13] | |||||
Billy Frank Jr. | Billy Frank Jr. | T-ATS-11 | Austal USA [14] | 14 November 2023 | Under construction | [15] [16] | |||
Solomon Atkinson | Solomon Atkinson | T-ATS-12 | Under construction | [16] | |||||
James D. Fairbanks | James D. Fairbanks | T-ATS-13 | Under construction | [17] | |||||
Unnamed | T-ATS-14 | Ordered | [18] | ||||||
Unnamed | T-ATS-15 | Ordered | [18] |
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