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USNS John Lewis (T AO 205)

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Name
  
John Lewis

Awarded
  
30 June 2016

Laid down
  
2018 est.

Namesake
  
John Lewis

Cost
  
$640,206,756

Type
  
oiler

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Builder
  
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

USNS John Lewis will be the lead ship of the John Lewis class of underway replenishment oilers operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy.

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Design and construction

Secretary of the Navy Raymond E. Mabus, Jr. announced the assignment of the name John Lewis to T-AO-205 on 6 January 2016. According to the Naval Vessel Register, construction was authorised for the first six ships in the class on 30 June 2016. Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2018. It is named for United States Representative and civil rights leader John Lewis. The contract price for John Lewis is $640,206,756.

Other ships in class

In July 2016, US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus advised Congress that he intended to name the Military Sealift Command's John Lewis-class oilers after prominent civil rights activists and leaders:

  • Georgia politician and activist John Lewis (USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205))
  • LGBT activist Harvey Milk (USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206))
  • former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren (USNS Earl Warren (T-AO-207)) whose court ruled to desegregate U.S. schools
  • former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO-208))
  • women’s right activist Lucy Stone (USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO-209))
  • abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth (USNS Sojourner Truth (T-AO-210))

    • References

    USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205) Wikipedia
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