USNS Patuxent

USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201)
History
United States
NameUSNS Patuxent
NamesakeThe Patuxent River in Maryland
Ordered24 March 1989
BuilderAvondale Shipyard, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
Laid down16 October 1991
Launched23 July 1994
In service21 June 1995-present
Identification
StatusIn active Military Sealift Command service
General characteristics
Class and typeHenry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler
Tonnage31,200 DWT
Displacement
  • 9,500 tons light
  • 42,000 long tons (43,000 t) full load
Length677 ft (206 m)
Beam97 ft 5 in (29.69 m)
Draft35 ft (11 m) maximum
Installed power
  • 16,000 hp (12,000 kW) per shaft
  • 34,442 hp (25,683 kW) total sustained
PropulsionTwo medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines, two shafts, controllable-pitch propellers
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Capacity
Complement
  • 1 U.S. Navy officer
  • 20 U.S. Navy enlisted personnel
  • 18 civilian officers
  • 64 merchant seamen
  • 103 total
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter landing platform
Notes
  • Five refueling stations
  • Two dry cargo transfer rigs

USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy.

Patuxent, the fifteenth ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class, was laid down at Avondale Shipyard, Inc., at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 16 October 1991 and launched on 23 July 1994. She was the first of three ships in the class of eighteen—the other two being USNS Laramie and USNS Rappahannock—to be built with a double hull required by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Hull separation is 6 feet (1.8 m) at the sides and 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) at the bottom, reducing her liquid cargo capacity by about 21,000 barrels (3,300 m3) from that of the 15 single-hull ships in the class.

Patuxent entered non-commissioned U.S. Navy service under the control of the Military Sealift Command with a primarily civilian crew on 21 June 1995. She serves in the United States Atlantic Fleet.