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USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - November - Juliet - Hotel
 NNJH
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Coast Guard SOS Ribbon - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Henry J. Kaiser Class Fleet Oiler:
  • Laid down, 17 December 1984, at Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 22 February 1986
  • Placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188), 3 April 1987
  • Placed out of service, 29 June 1996
  • Laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Philadelphia, PA., Maintenance Category B
  • Reactived, 23 February 2005, and assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Atlantic
  • Current Disposition, inactivated, 1 October 2006, laid up at (NISMF) Philadelphia, PA., Maintenance Category B
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,500 t.(lt) 42,382 t.(fl)
    Length 677'
    Beam 97' 5"
    Draft 35' (max.)
    Cargo Capacity 178,000-bbls
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement
    Civilians - 18 Officers, 64 Merchant Seamen
    Navy - 1 Officer, 20 Enlisted
    Aircraft helicopter platform only
    Propulsion two medium speed Colt-Pielstick PC4-2/2 10V-570 diesel engines, twin shafts, 16,000 hp per shaft
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    Joshua Humphreys 101k USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) and USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968) moored pierside at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Philadelphia, PA., February 2005. The barge contains magazine cylinders, known as the “coke bottles” from the MK-10 Terrier Missile System from the scrapped USS Luce (DLG-7). Photo by Jon White STG-3, Luce, 1985-87
    Joshua Humphreys 77k USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) underway at Hampton Roads, off Norfolk. VA., 10 November 2005. Photo by Mable Clark
    Joshua Humphreys 73k USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) laid up at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Philadelphia, PA., October 2007. Photo by Eric P. Pumphret
    There is no DANFS history available for USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Fact File - Underway Replenishment Oilers - T-AO
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    Last Updated 9 November 2007