The Navajo class is a class of Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ships for the Military Sealift Command of the United States Navy. They were ordered in 2017 as the planned replacement for the aging s and s. A total of ten ships of the class have been planned and none have been put in service yet.
Development Eight ships of the class were planned to replace the aging s and s. They were ordered in 2017 and on 16 March 2018 Gulf Island Fabrication was chosen to construct them. On 26 March 2020, an additional two ships were ordered by the navy. On 19 April 2021, Gulf Island announced that they had sold the contract along with the shipyard to Bollinger Shipyards.
Ships in class + Navajo-class construction dataNameNamesakeHull numberBuilderLaid downLaunchedStatusReferences Navajo NationT-ATS-6Bollinger Shipyards30 October 201924 May 2023Completed Cherokee NationT-ATS-712 February 20209 June 2024Completed Saginaw Chippewa TribeT-ATS-83 October 2022Under construction Lenape NationT-ATS-920 June 2022Under construction Muscogee NationT-ATS-1020 March 2024Under construction Billy Frank Jr.T-ATS-11Austal USA14 November 202314 June 2025Fitting out Solomon AtkinsonT-ATS-1216 April 202523 Feb 2026Fitting out James D. FairbanksT-ATS-13Under constructionNarragansett peopleT-ATS-14CancelledUnnamedT-ATS-15Cancelled
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