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Naval support & landing craftDecember 1986 – present
Fleet replenishment oiler
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler is a fleet replenishment oiler. It was built by Avondale Shipyard , Inc., New Orleans , Louisiana (16 ships) Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, and Tampa Shipyards, Inc. , Tampa , Florida (2 ships; neither completed).
United StatesHenry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler
United States Navy, Photographer's Mate Airman Justin Lee Losack · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedTechnical data
Henry J. Kaiser class
Avondale Shipyard , Inc., New Orleans , Louisiana (16 ships) Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, and Tampa Shipyards, Inc. , Tampa , Florida (2 ships; neither completed)
Cimarron class
John Lewis class
August 1984 – May 1996
December 1986 – present
18
16
2 (Ship hulls scrapped in 2011)
14 US, 1 Chile as of 1 March 2011
1
Fleet replenishment oiler
31,200 DWT
All 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
677 ft (206.3 m)
97 ft 5 in (29.7 m)
35 ft (10.7 m) maximum
16,000 hp (12,000 kW) per shaft 34,442 hp (25,683 kW) total sustained
Two medium-speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines , two shafts, controllable pitch propellers
20 knots (37 km/h)
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
66 to 89 civilian personnel and 7 to 24 U.S. Navy personnel
2 × AN/SPS-59 LN-66 surface search radars
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
Multiple .50 caliber machine guns Space, weight, and power reservations for 2 Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems
Helicopter landing platform
5 refueling stations 2 dry cargo transfer rigs
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country of origin United States 0 references
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 206.3 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 206.3 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 206.3 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 206.3 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 206.3 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ChileReported count for Henry J. Kaiser class. Service scope: Chilean Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
United StatesFleet Oiler (PM1) exact named equipment holdings: Henry J. Kaiser. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT / AOR. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.