USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187)

This article is about the U.S. Navy oiler. For the entire Henry J. Kaiser class of U.S. Navy fleet replenishment oilers, see Henry J. Kaiser class oiler. For the American industrialist and shipbuilder, see Henry J. Kaiser.

USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187) at Hampton Roads, Virginia
Career
Name:	USNS Henry J. Kaiser
Namesake:	Henry J. Kaiser (1882–1967)
Awarded:	12 November 1982
Builder:	Avondale Shipyard, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
Laid down:	22 August 1984
Launched:	5 October 1985
In service:	19 December 1986
Status:	In reduced operating status
General characteristics
Class and type:	Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler
Type:	Fleet replenishment oiler
Tonnage:	31,200 deadweight tons
Displacement:	9,500 tons light Full load variously reported as 42,382 tons and 40,700 long tons (41,353 metric tons)
Length:	677 ft (206 m)
Beam:	97 ft 5 in (29.69 m)
Draft:	35 ft (11 m) maximum
Installed power:	16,000 hp (11.9 MW) per shaft 34,442 hp (25.7 MW) total sustained
Propulsion:	Two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines, two shafts, controllable-pitch propellers
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/hr)
Capacity:	178,000 to 180,000 barrels of fuel oil and jet fuel 7,400 square feet dry cargo space; eight 20-foot refrigerated containers with room for 128 pallets
Complement:	103 (18 civilian officers, 1 U.S. Navy officer, 64 merchant seamen, 20 U.S. Navy enlisted personnel)
Armament:	Peacetime: none Wartime: probably 2 x 20-mm Phalanx CIWS
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter landing platform
Notes:	Five refueling stations Two dry cargo transfer rigs

United States Naval Ship USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187) is the lead ship of her class of fleet replenishment oilers of the United States Navy. She is named for Henry J. Kaiser (1882-1967), an American industrialist and shipbuilder.

Construction and delivery

Henry J. Kaiser was laid down by Avondale Shipyard, Inc., in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 22 August 1984 and launched on 5 October 1985. She was the lead ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class of fleet replenishment oilers. She entered non-commissioned U.S. Navy service with the Military Sealift Command on 19 December 1986.

Service history

Now home-ported at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, Henry J. Kaiser has held there in a reduced operating status since 2005.

References

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.

External links

• NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive: USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187)
• USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187)
• Wildenberg, Thomas (1996). Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/GSBO/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-28.