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LPD  /  BP Tanker  /  T-AKE

Navy and Commercial

US Joiner currently has a backlog of more than $250 million worth of marine outfitting projects under contract. Two major programs, LPD’s and T-AKE’s are the principal foundation of that work.

US Joiner has the design capability, knowledge and associates with extensive marine experience who can execute the most complex outfitting projects.

Please contact us to determine if we can help make your next project a success.

 

LPD—San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock

US Joiner is providing the accommodations outfitting including the medical spaces and a state of the art galley for these ships at Northrop Grumman Shipyards located in New Orleans, LA (Avondale) and Pascagoula, MS (Ingalls).

The LPD’s are used to transport, seabase and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked air cushion or conventional landing craft or amphibious vehicles, augmented by helicopters or vertical take off and landing aircraft in amphibious assault, special operations, or expeditionary warfare missions.

A contract for final design and construction of San Antonio (LPD 17), the lead ship in the class, was awarded in December 1996; actual construction commenced in August 2000. The lead ship contract contained options for New Orleans (LPD 18) and one of the FY 2000 follow-on ships, Mesa Verde (LPD 19) and Green Bay (LPD 20). These options were exercised in December 1998 and February 2000. A negotiated modification added the second FY 2000 ship, Green Bay, in May 2000. The Navy awarded the contract to build New York (LPD 21), in November 2003. The San Antonio has been delivered and work continues on New Orleans and Mesa Verde.

The keel of Green Bay was laid in August 2003 and the bow stem of the New York was cast in September, using tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center. The 12 ships of the LPD 17 class are a key element of the Navy’s seabase transformation. US Joiner is under contract thru LPD 24.

(LPD information provided by the US Navy)

LPD 17—San Antonio    LPD 20—Green Bay
LPD 18—New Orleans   LPD 21—New York
LPD 19—Mesa Verde    LPD 22—San Diego
LPD 23—Anchorage      LPD 24—Arlington
LPD 25—Somerset

BP Double Hull Oil Tanker

US Joiner provided the accommodations outfitting for the BP Tanker Program being built at General Dynamics NASSCO Shipyard in San Diego, CA.

In September 2000, NASSCO received a $630 million contract from BP for the construction of three state-of-the-art, double-hull tankers for the carriage of crude oil from Valdez, Alaska to BP’s U.S. West Coast refineries. In September, 2001, BP exercised an option for a fourth ship.

The new, 185,000 DWT double-hull ships have a length of 287 meters (941 feet) and a beam of 50 meters (164 feet). Capacity is approximately 1.3 million barrels at a design draft of 18.5 meters (61.5 feet). All ships have been delivered. The "ALASKAN NAVIGATOR" was delivered in late 2005 and the last hull was delivered in 2006. The tankers have quarters for 37 persons, including a crew of 24.

T-AKE - Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ships

US Joiner is providing the accommodations outfitting for the T-AKE Program currently under construction at General Dynamics NASSCO Shipyard in San Diego, CA.

The T-AKE is a dry cargo/ammunition ship that will be operated by the Military Sealift Command. An underway replenishment ship, the T-AKE will support the Navy’s Sea Power 21 vision of seabasing, providing logistic lift from sources of supply either in port or at sea and transferring cargo, ammunition, food, fuel, repair parts, and expendable supplies and material — to station ships and other naval forces at sea. With convertible cargo holds and cargo transfer systems capable of handling food and stores or ammunition, the T-AKE will replace two classes of aging cargo ships that are nearing the end of their service lives: T-AE ammunition ships and T-AFTS combat stores ships.

The T-AKEs are 210 meters (689 feet in length and 32.2 meters 105.6 feet) in beam, with a design draft of 9.12 meters (29.9 feet). The ships will carry almost 7,000 metric tons of dry cargo and ammunition and 23,500 barrels of marine diesel fuel. The T-AKEs have been designed to maximize cargo-handling efficiency and minimize the costs of operation and maintenance over their expected 40-year life. The program is currently planned for 14 ships.

The ships will be named:
T-AKE 1— Lewis and Clark
T-AKE 2— Sacagawea
T-AKE 3— Alan Shepard
T-AKE 4— Richard E. Byrd
T-AKE 5— Robert E. Peary
T-AKE 6— Amelia Earhart
T-AKE 7—14 Names to be announced