Henry J. Kaiser Class Fleet Replenishment Oilers
USNS Big Horn T-AO-198
United States Navy 'Big Horn' T-AO-198 is a 'Henry J. Kaiser' Class Fleet Replenishment Oiler and is seen leaving Devonport Naval Base at Torpoint on 23rd September 2018. Named after the Big Horn River in Wyoming, USNS Big Horn is the twelfth ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class and was built at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana and launched on 2nd February 1991. She entered non-commissioned U.S. Navy service under the control of the Military Sealift Command with a primarily civilian crew on 21 May 1992. Manned by a mixture of US naval and merchant navy personnel, USNS Big Horn has a maximum displacement of almost 43,000 tons and is powered by two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines which give the ship a maximum speed of 20 knots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-XzJzw_I0g
Part 2: United States Navy 'Big Horn' T-AO-198 is a 'Henry J. Kaiser' Class Fleet Replenishment Oiler and is seen leaving Devonport Naval Base at Torpoint on 23rd September 2018. Named after the Big Horn River in Wyoming, USNS Big Horn is the twelfth ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class and was built at Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Louisiana and launched on 2nd February 1991. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOXwGEo8aw8