| 词条 | USNS Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States Naval Ship USNS Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191) was a {{sclass-|Henry J. Kaiser|oiler|4}} fleet replenishment oiler of the United States Navy. She was never completed. ConstructionBenjamin Isherwood, the fifth Henry J. Kaiser class ship, was laid down by the Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 12 July 1986. Her construction encountered numerous problems. Although she was launched on 15 August 1988,{{Ref|1|a}} her construction contract with Pennsylvania Shipbuilding was cancelled on 31 August 1989. Along with her unfinished sister ship {{USNS|Henry Eckford|T-AO-192}}, the incomplete Benjamin Isherwood was towed to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia on 27 October 1989 for lay-up. A new contract to complete Benjamin Isherwood was awarded on 16 November 1989 to the Tampa Shipbuilding Company of Tampa, Florida. She was towed from Philadelphia to Tampa. She was christened there on 7 December 1991. However, construction problems continued, and that contract also was cancelled, on 15 August 1993, when the ship was 95.3 percent[1] complete. Cost overruns had run into the millions of U.S. dollars. ReserveThe Navy decided that completion of Benjamin Isherwood as an oiler was no longer necessary, and considered converting her into an ammunition ship, but the conversion was found to be cost-prohibitive. Instead, the nearly complete Benjamin Isherwood was turned over to the Maritime Administration and towed up the James River in Virginia, where she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet as part of the United States Navy's James River Reserve Fleet at Lee Hall, Virginia. She was struck from the Navy List on 29 December 1997, and her title was transferred to the Maritime Administration on 1 February 1999. She and Henry Eckford were the only units of the 18-ship Henry J. Kaiser class not completed. ScrappingOn 12 July 2011, the Benjamin Isherwood departed for Brownsville, Texas, to be recycled by International Shipbreaking Limited.[2] Notes
References1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://navysite.de/ao/ao191.htm|title=USNS Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO 191)|work=navysite.de}} 2. ^marinelink.com Ex-USNS Vessels to Depart for Texas
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| last = Wildenberg | first = Thomas | year = 1996 | url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/GSBO/index.html | accessdate = 28 April 2009 | title = Gray Steel and Black Oil: Fast Tankers and Replenishment at Sea in the U.S. Navy, 1912–1995 | series = | location = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = Naval Institute Press | isbn =1-55750-934-4 | ref = }}{{Henry J. Kaiser class fleet replenishment oiler}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Benjamin Isherwood (T-AO-191)}} 8 : Henry J. Kaiser-class oilers|Ships built in Philadelphia|Ships built in Tampa, Florida|Cancelled ships of the United States Navy|National Defense Reserve Fleet|1988 ships|United States Navy New York (state)-related ships|James River Reserve Fleet |
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