Keel laid for US Navy’s sixth John Lewis-class fleet oiler

Rendering of a John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler

General Dynamics NASSCO laid the keel of a future US Navy John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler (T-AO) in a ceremony on Friday, June 21. The sixth ship in the John Lewis-class will be named USNS Sojourner Truth in honour of an African-American former slave and human rights activist. Like its...

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