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Austal USA lays the keel for T-ATS 11

15 November 2023

Austal USA yesterday celebrated the official start of construction on the future USNS Billy Frank, Jr., the Navy’s eleventh Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship (T-ATS 11), with a keel laying ceremony at its Mobile, Ala., shipyard. Ship sponsor Peggen Frank and her husband, William Frank III, authenticated the keel by welding their initials into a keel plate that will be welded to the hull of the ship. They were assisted by Brandon Auld, a four-year Austal USA veteran A-class structural fitter.

Keel...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/austal-usa-lays-the-keel-for-t-ats-11/

Austal USA gets $156 million award to build two more T-ATS

25 July 2022

Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) reports that its Austal USA subsidiary has been awarded a $156,171,650 fixed-price incentive contract option from the United States Navy for the construction of two Navajo-class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ships (T-ATS 13 and 14).

With the award, the Mobile. Ala., company is now under contract for four T-ATS, having received awards for T-ATS 11 and 12 in October 2021. It started construction on the first of these on July 11.

“It’s a great sign of confidence by the Navy,...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/austal-usa-gets-156-million-award-to-build-two-more-t-ats/

Senate Appropriators Allot $21.35B for Shipbuilding; 1 Virginia-Class Attack Boat

10 November 2020

Sailors aboard USS Delaware (SSN-791) on Nov. 5, 2019. US Navy Photo

Senate appropriators are proposing $21.35 billion for Navy shipbuilding that would fund nine battleforce ships, according to the text of the legislation that was released on Tuesday.

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s funding allocation for a total of nine battleforce ships in its draft of the Fiscal Year 2021 defense spending bill is an increase from the eight the Navy sought in its request earlier this year.

The legislation...

https://news.usni.org/2020/11/10/senate-appropriators-allot-21-35b-for-shipbuilding-1-virginia-class-attack-boat

Navy’s New Rescue And Salvage Vessel A Decade In The Making

16 January 2020

190215-N-DM308-003 WASHINGTON (Jan. 29, 2019) An artist rendering of the future USNS Navajo (T-TATS 6). Navy photo illustration/Released

ARLINGTON, Va. — Since 2010 Navy officials expected a small pool of shipyards to bid on producing a new vessel to replace the aging fleet of Rescue and Salvage Ship-class and Fleet Ocean Tug-class.

The Navy planned to buy eight special mission ships in the USNS Navy-class T-ATS program would most likely be designed using existing commercial vessel work for...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/16/navys-new-rescue-and-salvage-vessel-a-decade-in-the-making

New Navy towing ship will honor Navajo nation

14 March 2019

Designated as T-ATS(X) by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the new class of vessels will be based on existing commercial towing offshore vessel designs . Gulf Island Shipyards rendering

The first of the Navy’s new T-ATS class of open ocean towing, salvage and rescue vessels will be named the Navajo, continuing a tradition of naming those ships for Native American nations and people, Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer announced Tuesday.

The 131’x36’ x20.99’ vessel designated T-ATS, to be built at the Gulf Island Shipyards facility in Houma, La., under a $63.5 million contract, will be based on an existing commercial offshore towing design, to replace the Navy’s current T-ATF...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/new-navy-towing-ship-will-honor-navajo-nation/