John Lewis-class oiler
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| Name: | John Lewis |
| Namesake: | John Lewis |
| Awarded: | 30 June 2016 |
| Builder: | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
| Cost: | $640,206,756 |
| Laid down: | 2018 est. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | oiler |
USNS John Lewis will be the lead ship of the John Lewis class of underway replenishment oilers operated by the Military Sealift Command to support ships of the United States Navy.
Secretary of the Navy Raymond E. Mabus, Jr. announced the assignment of the name John Lewis to T-AO-205 on 6 January 2016. According to the Naval Vessel Register, construction was authorised for the first six ships in the class on 30 June 2016. Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2018. It is named for United States Representative and civil rights leader John Lewis. The contract price for John Lewis is $640,206,756.
In July 2016, US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus advised Congress that he intended to name the Military Sealift Command's John Lewis-class oilers after prominent civil rights activists and leaders:
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