Black Powder-class support vessel

USNS Eagleview
Class overview
Name	Black Powder class
Builders	Leevac Industries
Operators	United States Navy
Cost	US$152 million
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Submarine and Special Warfare Support Vessel
Length	250 ft (76 m)
Beam	54 ft (16 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion	Diesel
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Armament	2 × Mk 38 Mod 2 25 mm autocannon [1] Crew-served Browning M2 machine guns

The Black Powder class is a class of Submarine and Special Warfare Support Vessels under the United States Navy. ^[2]

Development

All four ships were owned by Hornbeck Offshore Services from 2009 but in 2015, the United States Navy purchased all ships and redesignated them. ^[3] They are named Black Powder, Westwind, Eagleview and Arrowhead. ^[4]

Ships in class

Black Powder class

Name	Hull Number	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Status
Black Powder	T-AGSE-1	Leevac Industries	2009	2015	Active
Westwind	T-AGSE-2				Active
Eagleview	T-AGSE-3				Active
Arrowhead	T-AGSE-4				Active

References

1. Ken W. Sayers (23 May 2019). U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today. ISBN   978-1-4766-7256-4.
2. Ken W. Sayers (23 May 2019). U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today. ISBN   978-1-4766-7256-4.
3. "HOS gets $26.6 million mod to Navy blocking boat contract". Marine Log. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
4. "Submarine and Special Warfare Support". www.msc.usff.navy.mil. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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