{"id":18593,"date":"2023-07-12T15:51:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=18593"},"modified":"2023-07-13T06:41:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T06:41:49","slug":"navy-accepts-delivery-of-usns-harvey-milk-t-ao-206","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=18593","title":{"rendered":"Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>The Navy accepted delivery of fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), from shipbuilder General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) on July 11.<\/p>\n<p>The delivery of T-AO 206 follows the successful completion of acceptance trials with the Navy\u2019s Board of Inspection and Survey to test the readiness and capability of the ship and to validate requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to deliver the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> of class T-AO, USNS Harvey Milk, and expand the Navy\u2019s capacity and capability to provide a fuel pipeline at sea,\u201d said John Lighthammer, program manager, Auxiliary and Special Mission Shipbuilding Program Office. \u201cThe fleet and her Sailors will benefit from enhanced at-sea operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>T-AO 206, the second ship of the 20-ship class, will be operated by Military Sealift Command. The ship provides diesel fuel, lubricating oil and jet fuel; small quantities of fresh and frozen provisions and dry stores; and potable water to Navy ships at sea. T-AOs add underway replenishment capacity to the Navy\u2019s Combat Logistics Force and will become the cornerstone of the fuel delivery system.<\/p>\n<p>Shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO is currently constructing USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207) and the future USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208), USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209) and USNS Sojourner Truth (T-AO 210). Future USNS Thurgood Marshall (T-AO 211) and USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg (T-AO 212), and yet to be named T-AO 213 are under contract.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the Defense Department&#8217;s largest acquisition organizations, PEO Ships is responsible for executing the development and procurement of all destroyers, amphibious ships, special mission and support ships, boats and craft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navy accepted delivery of fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), from shipbuilder General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) on July 11. The delivery of T-AO 206 follows the successful completion of acceptance trials with the Navy\u2019s Board of Inspection and Survey to test the readiness and capability of the ship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18595,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18593\/revisions\/18595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}