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United States Navy, Photographer's Mate Airman Justin Lee Losack · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oilerlarger figure on 1 of 1
Rigid Raiderlarger figure on 0 of 1
Measured figures
Length
Single source677 ft (206.3 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler | Rigid Raider |
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| Complement | 66 to 89 civilian personnel and 7 to 24 U.S. Navy personnel[source] | — |
| Name | Henry J. Kaiser class[source] | — |
| Builders | Avondale Shipyard , Inc., New Orleans , Louisiana (16 ships) Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, and Tampa Shipyards, Inc. , Tampa , Florida (2 ships; neither completed)[source] | — |
| Preceded by | Cimarron class[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | John Lewis class[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)[source]
maximum
Single source35 ft (10.7 m) maximum[source]
All ships: 9,500 tons light Patuxent , Laramie , and Rappahannock and as 42,382 tons full load
Single sourceAll ships: 9,500 tons light Patuxent , Laramie , and Rappahannock full load All other ships: Variously reported as
Single sourceAll ships: 9,500 tons light Patuxent , Laramie , and Rappahannock : 42,000 long tons (42,674 metric tons ) full load All other ships: Variously reported as 40,700 long tons (41,353 metric tons) and as 42,382 tons full load[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source20 knots (37 km/h)[source]
In excess of
Single sourceIn excess of 120 nautical miles (220 km)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Built | August 1984 – May 1996[source] | — |
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| In service | December 1986 – present[source] | — |
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| Planned | 18[source] | — |
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| Completed | 16[source] | — |
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| Canceled | 2 (Ship hulls scrapped in 2011)[source] | — |
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| Active | 14 US, 1 Chile as of 1 March 2011[source] | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Fleet replenishment oiler[source] | — |
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| Tonnage | 31,200 DWT[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | Two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines , two shafts, controllable pitch propellers[source] | — |
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| Capacity | Patuxent , Laramie , and Rappahannock : 159,000 bbl (25,300 m 3 ) of fuel oil and jet fuel Other ships:178,000 to 180,000 bbl (28,300 to 28,600 m 3 ) of fuel oil and jet fuel All ships: 7,400 sq ft (690 m 2 ) of dry cargo space; eight 20 ft (6.1 m) refrigerated containers with room for 128 pallets[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 2 × AN/SPS-59 LN-66 surface search radars[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures[source] | — |
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| Armament | Multiple .50 caliber machine guns Space, weight, and power reservations for 2 Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing platform[source] | — |
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| Notes | 5 refueling stations 2 dry cargo transfer rigs[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | United States[source] United States[source] | United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 3, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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| Troops | — | 10 Royal Marines (2 crew, 8 fully equipped troops)[source] |
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| Role | — | fast raiding and assault craft[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform |
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