USNS Joshua Humphreys

	USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) underway in reverse during sea trials, February 1987
History
USA
Namesake	Joshua Humphreys (1751-1838), an American shipbuilder
Ordered	20 January 1983
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
Laid down	17 December 1984
Launched	22 February 1986
In service	3 April 1987-29 June 1996 and 23 February 2005 to 1 October 2006
Out of service	29 June 1996-23 February 2005 and 1 October 2006-present
Status	Inactive, in reserve
General characteristics
Class and type	Henry J. Kaiser-class oiler
Type	Fleet replenishment oiler
Tonnage	31,200 deadweight tons
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 9,500 tons light; Full load variously reported as 42,382 tons and 40,700 long tons (41,353 metric tons)
Length	677 ft (206 m)
Beam	97 ft 5 in (29.69 m)
Draft	35 ft (11 m) maximum
Installed power	list error: <br /> list (help); 16,000 hp (11.9 MW) per shaft; 34,442 hp (25.7 MW) total sustained
Propulsion	Two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines, two shafts, controllable-pitch propellers
Speed	20 knots (37 km/hr)
Capacity	list error: <br /> list (help); 178,000 to 180,000 barrels of fuel oil and jet fuel; 7,400 square feet dry cargo space; eight 20-foot refrigerated containers with room for 128 pallets
Complement	103 (18 civilian officers, 1 U.S. Navy officer, 64 merchant seamen, 20 U.S. Navy enlisted personnel)
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); Peacetime: none; Wartime: probably 2 x 20-mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	None
Aviation facilities	Helicopter landing platform
Notes	list error: <br /> list (help); Five refueling stations; Two dry cargo transfer rigs

USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) is a Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler of the United States Navy. She was named for Joshua Humphreys, who designed the six original US Navy frigates.

Joshua Humphreys, the second ship of the Henry J. Kaiser class, was specially built for the Military Sealift Command (MSC). She was laid down at Avondale Shipyard, Inc., at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 17 December 1984 and launched on 22 February 1986. After entering non-commissioned U.S. Navy service with a primarily civilian crew on 3 April 1987 as part of the United States Atlantic Fleet, she served under MSC control until taken out of active service on 29 June 1996, the second ship of her class to be deactivated. She was subsequently berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) at the site of the former Philadelphia Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and placed in reserve.

Joshua Humphreys was reactivated on 23 February 2005. She was deactivated again on 1 October 2006, and again placed in reserve at the Philadelphia facility, where as of 12 October 2008 she is moored in the Delaware River.

References

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.