USNS Leroy Grumman
USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO-195)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USNS Leroy Grumman |
Namesake | Leroy Grumman (1895–1982), an American industrialist and aeronautical engineer |
Ordered | 27 February 1986 |
Builder | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Laid down | 6 July 1987 |
Launched | 3 December 1988 |
In service | 23 August 1989-present |
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Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler |
Tonnage | 31,200 DWT |
Displacement |
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Length | 677 ft (206 m) |
Beam | 97 ft 5 in (29.69 m) |
Draft | 35 ft (11 m) maximum |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | Two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines, two shafts, controllable-pitch propellers |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
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Complement | 103 (18 civilian officers, 1 U.S. Navy officer, 64 merchant seamen, 20 U.S. Navy enlisted personnel) |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing platform |
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USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO-195) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler of the United States Navy.
Design
The
The Henry J. Kaiser-class oilers have maximum speeds of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). They were built without armaments but can be fitted with close-in weapon systems. The ship has a helicopter platform but not any maintenance facilities. It is fitted with five fuelling stations; these can fill two ships at the same time and the ship is capable of pumping 900,000 US gallons (3,400,000 L; 750,000 imp gal) of diesel or 540,000 US gallons (2,000,000 L; 450,000 imp gal) of jet fuel per hour. It has a complement of eighty-nine civilians (nineteen officers), twenty-nine spare crew, and six United States Navy crew.[1]
Construction and delivery
Leroy Grumman, the ninth ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class and first U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, was laid down at
Service history
Leroy Grumman serves in the
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In early 2012, she joined several British warships from the Royal Navy including the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and fleet flagship HMS Bulwark to partake in Exercise Joint Warrior and other training missions with warships from the United Kingdom, Norway and the Netherlands.[2]
Leroy Grumman docked in Boston in January 2020 for scheduled maintenance by Boston Ship Repair, slated to go until the end of May.[3]
Incidents
During the
On 19 May 2020, the Project On Government Oversight and The Daily Beast reported that 22 crew members and 30 contractors had tested positive for the virus, and that a 60-year-old contractor who worked in the engine room had died of the virus.[7][8] In addition, it was reported that mariners had complained about how MSC was "being reactive rather than proactive," and that, despite the issuance of a gangway up order that required all civilian mariners on leave to return to the ship and prevented all mariners from leaving the ship, contractors and other personnel were allowed to embark and disembark with virtually no restrictions, except for random temperature checks and a self-report questionnaire. The ship was eventually vacated on 8 May 2020 for seven days.
On 21 May, a civilian mariner was declared dead due to complications of the virus.[a] He was hospitalized on 30 April, and was placed on a ventilator in an ICU on 4 May. The deceased was the first civilian mariner to die of the virus on an MSC ship.
Notes
References
- ^ "HMS Bulwark | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ "Boston Ship Repair awarded $13.4M for repairs on USNS Grumman". UPI. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Early 'Aggressive' Military Sealift Command COVID Mitigations Meant to Prevent Spread During Resupply". USNI News. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "18 on Navy Ship USNS Leroy Grumman Test Positive For Coronavirus". CBS Boston. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ Shapiro, Joseph (30 April 2020). "Civilian Mariners Say Strict Navy Coronavirus Restrictions Are Unfair". npr.org. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ a b Paladino, Jason (19 May 2020). "52 Infected After Navy Fails to Prevent Virus Spread on Ship". pogo.org. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Paladino, Jason (27 May 2020). "52 Infected After Navy Fails to Prevent Virus Spread on Ship". thedailybeast.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive: USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO-195)
- USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO-195)
- Wildenberg, Thomas (1996). Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. Retrieved 28 April 2009.